Sew What?!

My friend asked a good question on facebook. "When did you first learn how to sew and how old would it be appropriate to teach how to sew?" I think she wants to teach her 4 year old. I went on to answer that question and deleted it because I didn't think anyone would care for my lengthy journey through sewing. "Sew" what?! So~ I decided to post my story on this blog.

I remember when my mom bought me lacing cards. She later tried to teach me how to sew but it didn't get me further than threading the needle for my grandmother, daily. Girl scouts taught me how to cross stitch and that was about the end of that story. My mom tried again in college with me and my roommates sitting around in a circle like the quilter ladies but I just managed to sew both sides of my pants together and lost interest again. Then after I was preggo with Addy, a friend from church really taught me how to use a machine. (Go figure, my parents own a manufacturing company for women's clothing and I never learned from them). Since then, I've made some baby things, sewn some hair bows and a few projects that are in the "To be continued" pile.

What do you think? What age is appropriate for a sewing lesson? My personal opinion, 4 might be too young...Does it take motivation to blaze the trail? I want to buy my kids a kid's sewing machine one day too.