Mom insisted all her girls learn to sew, but out of the six, only 3 of us still do. I was sewing simple stuff by the time I was 9. Did 4-H at ten,made an apron and tea-towels: won a blue ribbon!! Made dresses by 12. Sewed my entire professional wardrobe at 22. Made my own wedding dress. Made most of my kids' clothes until they started school, when they wanted stuff like their friends. Made my 1st quilt at 14, been at all of it since then. That's almost 60 years of sewing! Started on my Mom's black Singer straght stitch. I wish I knew what happened to it, the last I saw it was in 1964 when I went to college, and my folks moved to a different city. Probably went to a thrift shop. Darn, wish I'd known the value! When I returned home some 10 years later, she was using a Bernina, which she used until her death. That went to my sister who sews professionally.