I think my obsession started very early before the age of 10. I made almost all of my own clothes by 14 but before that I was making some clothing. But the trips to the fabric store .. at that time JC Penneys was "the " place to go for fabric. It was the only place my mom just let us wander.. and we would call for her if we ( me and my sisters) if there was a particular bolt that we all just had to see and touch. I think we could have spent hours there , it seemed like paradise. We would find a fabric and imagine what it could become. I still have that feeling when I find a great fabric store... .now I wish my sisters and Mom lived closer so we could share in the vision of what fabrics might become.