When I was about 4-5 years old, my Mother would put me and my brothers down for a nap with her and I would wait for her to go to sleep then I got the Sears catalog, found the baby clothes section, get her scrape material and make clothes for my doll. I did that for years. When I was 12 yr. old I had a baby sister and I did the same for her. I've always sewn.