When my daughters were about 9 or 10 I tried to teach them how to sew. One really liked it and made several short sets for herself. The other didn't show much interest in it, but I nudged her to try." She said she wanted to sew." When I pulled a very easy pattern out and told her to cut the paper edge off she didn't want to cut. She just wanted to "sew" so I cut it out. When we got ready to pin the pattern down she didn't want to pin down. She wanted to "sew". So I did the pinning. When we got ready to cut the fabric out she didn't want to cut.She wanted to "sew". So I cut it out. She stitched the first two pieces together and made a seam that was too wide. I told her she would have to "rip". She said she only wanted to "sew". I finished the whole project and that was the end of her sewing lessons!
There is a moral to this. The girls are 28 and 34 years old now. They live out of town but come in with their husbands for Christmas. Two years ago I bought both of them a sewing machine as their Christmas gift. The oldest daughter who was interested in sewing years ago hasn't taken hers out of the box yet. The youngest who only wanted to "sew" made everyone a handmade gift for Christmas this year on her machine and now wants to get into quilting! GO FIGURE!!!!!!!