I remember in elementary school in home ec, I made an apron. In high school home ec, before we could sew fabric on the machine, we would have to take plain paper and practice sewing on it without thread. In addition, my mom was a great seamstress and she taught me to sew also. She told me when she was a young woman, she would go downtown to the stores and look in the windows and sketch a dress that she liked and go home and make a pattern for it and sew it up. I was so amazed that she could do that. I have been sewing since about 12 years old and have always loved it. I don't make garments anymore, mostly into quilting now. I also do crochet, embroidery and tatting.