I, too, was one that took home ec in school. I made my own clothes til my mid-20's, then quit sewing for a few years. Then I made my living sewing by making sails for sailboats, including accessories covers. I did this for 15 years, then got hooked on quilting. Today? My grandson (now 8) is always wanting to go play in the studio. He really wants to learn how to use "Queenie" - my longarm, but I keep telling him that he needs to learn the regular sewing machine first. Better yet, the neighborhood boys come over & want to sew! Now I have boys ages 8-12 wanting to learn how to quilt! I so enjoy passing on this craft with them. It's a shame that our schools find that computer work is more important than the skills we learned to survive back in the stone age! Unless you can google it or have an app for it, these kids don't know common sense things like we were taught.