My grandmother sewed, in fact she worked in a sewing factory, my mother sewed, so, to follow the tradition, I sew. I took lessons from a dear friend of my mother's when I was 12 years old. She entered me in our county fair. I had to make a skirt and blouse. I won a blue ribbon, that was enough to keep me going. Never entered another competition, but I have love to sew most of my life. That was 48 years ago. OH MY!!