My first introduction to sewing was when I was in elementary school in Louisville, KY, when we had home-ec. I think it was 6th grade, we first made an apron and then a 4 gore skirt. I remember mine was olive green which was an "in" color at the time. We didn't have a sewing machine at home so I didn't sew again until my early 20's when I was married and had 3 boys. I puttsed around with sewing off and on, did a lot of embroidery and counted cross stitch, made curtains, etc. until I retired almost 3 years ago when I finally had time to learn to quilt. I now wish I had more time to sew, my dogs, cats, horses, donkeys, husband and flower gardening take a lot of time so I still have to squeeze in sewing time.