I was three when they (Gran, mum, aunts) started to teach me to sew....using a tiny silver thimble, I think it's a Victorian one......and a piece of even weave linen. Running stitch, back stitch, stem stitch, blanket stitch, satin stitch, cross, herringbone......and if it wasn't good enough out it came


Then I went to school and sewing and knitting was half an hour a week, and it was dreadful. Awful gingham and binca. Secondary school was streamed and my class did Latin and three sciences so no domestic/ home economics.
cheers,
Mary