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When I was a little girl you used to learn to sew all the holes in things, darning socks, but nobody mends things anymore.

My mother was kept very busy with her sewing; sometimes she would have another woman helping her.

My mom taught me how to sew when I was 2 or 3, so I've been sewing for as long as I can remember.

When I moved out of my mom's house at 18 I was almost as sad to leave her sewing machine behind as anything else.

My mother had a sewing machine. I was never allowed to use it, but I was so fascinated by this little needle going up and down joining fabric together that I'd use it when my mother went out to feed the chickens.

From about eight years old I was always making things on the sewing machine. Friends would see me making dresses and costumes, and I'd use difficult fabrics such as Lycra and elastic. But you know, my dad was creative and my brother is inventive too.

I love to hand sew. I sometimes make clothing for my children, which of course they grow out of in a matter of minutes. I thoroughly love it.

I have to say, I grew up with fashion because my mother was a seamstress, and she had an atelier. She would cut the first pattern, and then she had people working for her. So I grew up in an atelier, watching people all around me sewing. I was fascinated.

My grandma taught me how to hand-sew, so I'm always making things from hand-me-downs.

I just didn't work that much while the kids were growing up.