Sewing: An Art Very Much Alive & Fun!
I learned to sew when I was a young preteen girl and it started as a project at school. I made a bag for curlers and my bag was different from everyone else's. WOW! That concept was very appealing to me since being "unique" has always been part of my description. I went on to sew clothes that I designed and could show off in clothes like no one else owned. I made bathing suits to match my towel, pants that were outrageously wild and turned many heads.
I learned to make diapers and little baby shirts that matched when I was going to have a baby. The idea thrilled me to have clothes for my baby like no one else. When my little boy had doctor appointments etc., they called him "fancy pants." When you know how to sew you can be an individual and it's alway nice to know how to repair and alter clothing.
