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My sewing experience started many years ago when I was about eight years old. My mother was a dressmaker and my father was a tailor. We had one Singer pedal sewing machine to use. Momma would sew for 'her girls' and Daddy would sew for 'his boys'. The sewing machine was never idle. Momma taught the girls how to sew, embroider, and crochet so we could keep busy when the Singer was in use. When I was 12 years old, I learned how to make an apron. I was proud to receive an "A" from my Home Ec teacher. I finished making my apron and helped the others in the classroom. I am a senior now and I have used my sewing skills to teach children and adults. When I see shortcut instructions in THREADS magazine, I save them. I never know when I may be asked to volunteer my sewing skills sgain.