I always hung over my mothers shoulder and asked, "Why" like a 3 year old while she was sewing. She came home from work one day and found me using her sewing machine when I was 7. In Jr. High when I had home ec she spent some good money on my fabric for my project. We were both upset when the teacher made me cut off the bottom for the hem and she had no idea how to do a good hem and it was a lot shorter in the back then the front. I would have worn that dress forever, but it was embarassing being so short. Now I have to say that I did wear my dresses & skirts VERY SHORT then, but this was bad..... I would have fixed it if I hadn't had to cut it off....
My aunt and great-aunt were fabulous seamstresses so this runs in the family up until me. My DH doesn't know and wouldn't learn when she was younger...