I learned to sew at age about 8 and so was also ahead of kids in my sewing classes and made pink and black pj in 8th grade and had to wear them in style show in front of school that was around Elvis and pink and black so in style and in 9th grade made green and white check dress with 4 widths of 36" fabric in shirt and teacher wanted me to baste in the hem before I whipped stiched it and I told her that I had been sewing for all those years and I was not going to baste in hem on just straight width of material so she said ok as long as I got it straight and I made an "A"