Anna O

I learned in school, 4-H and from my mom.

tsnana2000

I learned to sew in Junior High. Back then I had a love hate relationship with sewing....oh wait I still do. Love it when everything is going right, hate it when it isn't going right. Haha. Seriously the home ec classes I took have really benefited me.

quiltinglady54

No. My Mom decided to teach myself and several neighbor girls to sew one summer. I think I was about 11 or 12. I absolutely loved it and never stopped. I can still picture the skirt I made that summer!

vivoaks

My children even had Home-Ec. in school, but it certainly wasn't like what I had. I was sewing clothes in Jr. High, but my kids had one semester (boys & girls) where they sewed a pair of boxer shorts, and did some minimal cooking....that's it! Is it any wonder that there is so much prepared foods in the supermarkets anymore? The younger kids don't know the first thing about cooking from scratch! It's a real shame.

catsnchina

Yes, as a freshman in HS in home ec. Hated home ec but loved sewing. Did more with it in Stretch 'N Sew days when we all made ourselves lovely polester pant suits in our early 20s. Been sewing ever since.

Quiltbeagle

I never sewed until the mid 1980's when my sister introduced me to quilting. I hand sewed my first project which was a small pillow, then went right and got a sewing machine and taught myself the rest from book and now the internet. I don't know how to make clothing though, and I regret not learning that in school.

kuntryquilter

My mother taught me how to sew at a very young age, I was making all my clothes by the time I was 11, on a treadle machine. She also taught my 5 brothers & 2 sisters how to sew. We were farmers & in the winter months there were very few chores, so to keep us busy that is what she did.

IdahoSandy

Yes, I also learned starting in the 7th grade. Then I turned around and taught my mother how to sew too. My grandmother was the sewer in our family and also the only quilter, until I got interested in quilting after she passed away.
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ChildoftheUniverse

Yes, in high school... took me six weeks to complete an apron (pale green - I'll never forget!) and I got a C-. My mom sewed her own suits (she worked in law firms) and my grandfather was a tailer of sorts so I had a reputation to uphold. Sadly, it wasn't to be. I think I've improved through the years, though! :D

ywoodruff5

Yes.....back when they wouldn't allow girls to take woodshop! :x