That's wonderful!
My daughter, who was 13 at the time, had to give blood for an upcoming surgery. She was on the table, I noticed what she was wearing, and asked her, "where'd you get that skirt?" She told me she had gone to Goodwill, and made it from a top that she bought there. (She was a skinny little thing) Hmm, she didn't have a sewing amchine, so said she did it all by hand.
Guess who got a sewing machine, as a 'getting through the surgery' gift?
She's been sewing ever since. That's my girl!