My mom owned a dress manufacturing business in New York and she supervised around 50 workers. I learned to sew on a Singer industrial machine at the age of 6 in the 1950's. I remember my mom took the needle off at first so I could get the hang of it. Sewing has always been a part of my life but I never really got into it until I started quilting about 12 years ago. Before quilting, there was crocheting, lots of crocheting!