I remember (approx age 5) sitting on the floor next to my mother while she sewed clothes for her, me and my brothers on the sewing machine in my avatar. So this had to be about 1953 or 1954. She'd give me a cotton dish towel with a design on it and a yarn needle with embroidery floss in it and I'd sit right there next to her and hand"sew" around the design. I loved it.
I learned to use the same sewing machine about age 8 or 9. I felt so grown up but I only sewed scraps together into squares (my first quilt blocks!!!).
Then in 7th grade Home Ec class we made a wrap skirt and other things.
I've been sewing ever since.
I can't wait till I retire in a couple years so I can sew all day.