My mum was a talented embroiderer, I still have a tablecloth she she embroidered to match her wedding china which I also still have. She designed the pattern and had it printed on the cloth. That was in the early 1930s, and I love the designs from that era.
Mum also knitted beautifully, as well as making curtains and many of my dresses. I have absolutely no talent for any handicraft, poor mum must have despaired when trying to teach me! I've picked up bits of knitting over the years but only ever finished one jumper. I started it for my daughter, and eventually finished it for her younger brother!
My daughter used to do quite intricate cross stitch, and tried her hand at patchwork, so she may have inherited the sewing gene. I'm sitting in bed writing this, under my patchwork quilt made by my best friend. She teaches at a sewing class and makes beautiful patchwork, but has long given up trying to get me to take up any form of sewing. 🌻 🌷