Hemming feedsack dish towels on Grandma's treadle, probably about 8 years old. Home Ec. in 7th grade, apron, headband and pot holder( this was to get us prepared for cooking class). Had home Ec. all through highschool, including the Pendleton wool lined suit . In highschool I made all my dresses and skirts( never liked blouses because of buttonholes!), made baby gowns and blankets for my first child and sewed all her clothes until she was out of school and working, and a lot even then. Have sewn for the house,(curtains, bedding and even upholstered some chairs)! Sewing has has always been my passion. When I didn"t have the money to buy fabric for something I wanted to sew for myself, my sweet sister would send me double the price of fabric, and I would make one for her and one for me. Still sewing clothing for my 8 year old granddaughter, and now I am getting back to some quilting after many years of putting that on hold. When my daughter was in elementery school, I sewed dresses for little girls in that school who were unable to have proper attire for school use, and taught a 6th grade class of girls to make an A-line jumper. That was a real challenge!!