Originally Posted by OneMoreQuilt
I want to say from birth! As far back as I remember, I could never get enough. My dad did woodworking, my aunt taught me to knit. When I was 6, my eldest sister got married and moved to Michigan. She got a job a Simplicity Pattern Co. and I began sewing. I was 7 when she had her first baby and I made my first quilt for him. It was tied, but a quilt none the less. I can't remember a time when I didn't have projects in the works. Sewing, knitting, crochet, macrame, weaving (loom), basketweaving, tatting, and of course my passion...quilting.
Oh how lucky you are to know how to tat also. I have my grandmothers tatting shuttle, and I've bought 3-4 books on tatting but for the life of me I just can't seem to do it. I can knit cross stitch, crochet, and about any other king of hand work like that, but just can't seem to figure out tatting. I can't find anyone here where I live that knows how to tat. I would love to learn.
I have sewn since I made my first outfit in 4-H at age 9, I also made my clothes, and my children's clothes when they were small, mostly my daughter's, until she wanted Store bought clothes. DH insisted that we do that, and only because he got tired of listening to her complain about it. After a while she said she didn't have very many things to wear, and DH reminded her that since she wanted store bought, they were much more expensive and she couldn't have as many as she did when I was sewing for her. I think a lesson well taught. When she was in HS she wanted me to make her some things, prom dresses etc. and I sewed for her some then. I made my own wedding dress. I do some sewing for her now, but only when I want to do it as a gift. I made a few suits for my son when he was very small, but I didn't like sewing men's pants, didn't mind shirts, but hated doing front zippers and welted pockets on pants.