Mom taught me, but I also had Sewing (Home Ec) in Junior High and in High School. My first project in JRH was a skirt. The teacher scoffed at my choice ... a wrap around (easy) in wool (hmmm) with a liner (that was the part she scoffed at).
It came out beautifully. It was a classic design and held up so well I was wearing it well into my 20's. Until one day ...
I was working in downtown Chicago. It was Halloween. We three girls were wearing funny noses - mine was a pig. People were laughing and us three were eating it up. Until ... one of the girls noticed the people were not laughing at our noses - they were laughing at my wrap around skirt which had become unwrapped exposing all of my back end.
ahhhhh ... memories.