My Mother and Aunts were beautiful seamstresses. I learned in school in 6-8th grades, and Mother would help me. I was about 12, and am 76 and still loving to sew. I quit making my Dresses, outfits around 1970 when fabric costs doubled and discovered I could buy clothing cheaper, and better than I could sew it. One year I made all my BIL's nice jackets. They loved them, and of course one for my then husband....... Now I just make the quilted things. Sadly, my DIL and GD show no interest in learning to sew! Mother had a Mangle and I loved it and had one also when I married. Was a Mangle Expert, white shirts, military uniforms, etc. Sheets of course, loved doing them~! Wish I still had one! LOL