I was about 5 when I started to sew. I hemmed dish towels on the treadle machine and when I progressed and didn't have any fabric I sewed doll clothes from paper. When Mom was gone to town I sewed my heart out. I do have some pictures of the doll clothes and I started 4H as an associate member when I was 6 or 7, had to be 8 to be a member. I sewed evening wear for years and worked in a sewing factroy in KY but now I usually just make quilts except at Christmas when all the grandkids get new jammies no matter how old they are.