My mom is a great seamstress and I also learned from both grandmothers, too. One would go buy the newest fabrics and had a great design and color sense. The other would remake items into useful things. I learned creating and recycling before it was the "green" thing to do. Both grandmas are gone but my mom still sews and has a long arm quilting machine. I don't ever remember a time when I wasn't around sewing somewhere.