My mom taught me to sew on an old treadle and I made doll clothes, I don't remember how old I was when I started sewing probably around 6 or 7, but when I was in high school I was sewing dresses for the ladies at church and doing some sewing for the teachers at school. I took 4 years of Home Economics and loved it. By the time I was a Senior I was asked to be teachers helper in home Ec. I loved to make crafts and things for the house, pillows, curtains and such, but although I had always wanted to make quilts....never dove in until this year. I love the piecing, now trying to learn free motion quilting. I remember my home ec teacher watching me and having me help all the other girls who was having problems, she instilled in me confidence in my sewing.