The first thing I even remember doing with a needle and thread was embroidering a hankerchief for my dad with his initials on it. I must have only been 7 or 8.
Do you know that when he passed away we found it at the TOP of his drawer with his other hankys and mom told me that he would carry it with him all the time :-)
The embroidery is absolutely horrible and it is obvious that it is the first thing I ever did but it makes me feel so special that he was the one who taught me how to do that and he loved something so simple so much :-)