When I was young my great aunt taught me to sew and embroider. I think I was in kindergarten or the first grade. There used to be some large cards that you could buy with holes punched in them to teach children how to embroider. When I finished them she had me sew them together. I remember we must have used an upholstery needle because it was quite blunt on the end. I have continued to sew from that time on. Was making my own clothes by the time I was 10. Ann in TN