I loved Home Ec so much that I went to college for a Home Economics education degree! That was in the 70s. My mother sewed so I was sewing doll clothes when I was quite young. By the time I took my first home ec class in 8th grade while everyone else was making an apron (which I did, too) I made a a jumper, matching plaids and putting a zipper in. Home Ec in grade and high school helped feed my love of sewing, now quilting and also cooking. It's a lost art these days.