My sisters and me learned to sew watching Mom. She made all our clothes, and as she cut and sewed she showed how it was done. She made it a game. I thought everybody new how to sew. Was I surprised when I found out that people did not even know how to sew a button on.
My daughter does not sew, yet she can knows basic sewing if she had to do it. She also watched my mother and me sew. My other daughter is learning to sew.