We had to take Home Ec in junior high (grades 7-9). The teacher had piles and piles of fabric and each student had to fill a notebook (standard black-white cover) with cut patches, maybe 2" x 2", and wind up with about 300 fabric samples which we were to keep and use for the next 3 years (as far as I recall they were never used again). What I wouldn't give for the chance to rummage thru those samples now, and how I wish the book was something I'd have saved.
We had to make an outfit in 9th grade for a fashion show. The teacher finished mine. I dropped all forms of Home Ec when I got into high school. The last thing I'd have ever thought I'd wind up doing is any form of sewing!