wow ! I guess I was lucky to of had a grandmother who taught me how to sew/embroider/cook when I was 5 years old-yah it was simple things like pillow cases etc.. but then she taught me how to do a pattern when I was 7 and I did that up until my mom was diagnosed with cancer and I put it aside and concentrated on High school studies other than sewing (as Dad put it there was no future in that !). Then I picked it up again when my children were born and they needed clothes and we didn't have much, so I started sewing again. I remember my first skirt-it was such a pretty purple with gold thread going through it-I wore a black blouse as it had black in the material also.
IF I could stay home and have a lucrative salary for sewing at home I would of and still might even think about it !LOL <wink>