Like so many of you I learned to sew from my mom. My mom had me hand sewing on 'sewing cards' using yarn @ 5 y.o. My paternal grandmother kept an old old tea tin of scrap fabric with hand sewing needle & a spool of thread for me when we visited. Mom had me sewing on her Elna (which she made my baby clothes with)by 7y.o. I now have it since mom died. I had 9 yrs of 4-H sew. & 4 of H.S. Home Ec. My mom-in-law rekindled my quilting interest a few yrs ago. Each one of her 17 children, 47+ grans and 20+ great-grans have been blessed w/ at least 1 of her hand-quilted quilts.(Too much for me to ever live up to.) My husband and I have been blessed with 3 quilts - one for our wedding gift, one for our 25th wedding anniversary and one for my husband's military retirement. I treasure them so much.