I was 5 when I climbed up on top of a couple of telephone books, and pressed the foot peddle (also set on top of stacked books)and sewed up the hems of dish towels for my mom. I did embroidery, and eventually got pretty good at it...tried crochet and never did get it! My mom and older sisters sewed...all our school clothes, fancy dresses, then bridesmaids dresses and wedding gowns. I, like others here, went to Singer Sewing Center classes, and made a suit...green polyester double knit, yuck! Then, I took Home-Ec, and almost failed, because I was a smart-mouthed kid who didn't want to relearn how to sew straight lines! Oooppps, really made the teacher mad! Went to work after high school, and didn't sew for several years. I discovered quilting because it reminds me of doing jigsaw puzzles, which I enjoy! I don't sew clothing for myself, because I'm too hard to fit (figure flaws), but I get so much satisfaction out of quilting!