WoW!! I read every post on this thread.... laughed at some, wanted to cry at some. I was a HE teacher for 27 years. Sadly, the school took sewing away .... they said that kids could learn in 4-H if they wanted and it was too expensive for sewing machines. We fought but it landed on deaf ears. I loved teaching HE .... had lots of kids come in after school for extra help but I'm sure some of my students didn't want to come back.... I hope I wasn't one of those teachers that didn't allow flexability.... I still keep in contact with some of my old students.
I learned to sew on my grandmother's treadle.... my mom didn't sew but my sister did. She's the one that really got me started. Thanks, Joan. But I love to do woodworking, too.