I think I was around 5 yrs old. My Mom was always sewing and she let me have the scraps to "sew". While cleaning out the top of a closet after she died I found the baby doll and a dress handsewn by me. I also have the Toni doll she saved and the doll dresses she made for it. I was making some of my own clothes by 7th grade. The sewing class I had to take was very boring. We made short gathered aprons.