i grew up watching my mom sew for the five girls in our family. with six kids she was too busy to 'teach' us how to sew. in jr high i took home ec. LOVED the sewing semester. sewed one thing in high school, a few in college, then sewed like crazy for my daughter - alot of her clothes were handmade. she loved having homemade clothes until one day some other girl made fun of her for having homemade - so sad. my dd LOVED having custom made one of a kind clothes. about 8 years ago i began learning to quilt and the rest, as they say, is history! love it and will never stop!