Mom had a brief fling with sewing before I was born, so there was an unused sewing machine in the house. She couldn't even remember how to thread or use it, so I figured it out from the manual and began sewing little doll clothes according to my own plan, pretty much 'cut, wrap and tack!' From there I progressed to making little dresses for my sister who was entering kindergarten... By the time I got to home ec sewing class in jr. high I was light years ahead of the rest of the girls. While they struggled with an apron and skirt for the whole semester, I whizzed through about 3 dresses. I remember a substitute teacher asking me for help in how one student could fix something she had royally screwed up! That was about 41 years ago... where has the time gone?!