My mother didn't care much for sewing (but did have a sewing machine she couldn't get to work right for her). I took 4-H in 5th & 6th grades and remember my first project being a brown & white check (very small check) scarf, that you had to sew a single seam around the whole square (about an inch in from the end) and then fringe it to the stitching line. And I also had Home Ec in grades after that!!
jody