My mom was a beautiful garment sewer- she made virtually all of the clothes for herself, myself and my sister til we moved out! I remember her teaching us to use the sewing machine by the time we were eight, and I was sewing simple clothes by 10.
Funny, I never make clothes now, and she was never a quilter (she would have considered it very old-fashioned, and she loved modern things). Now my daughter is learning to sew and quilt, after not wanting ANYTHING to do with while she was growing up!