Tell about any skills you learned from your elders:

I suppose keeping a clean house.  We didn't have much but Moner kept it clean.  Me being the oldest of seven children taught me how to care for them and the house.  Especially when she was working.  We didn't have carpet or linoleum.  You took a broom with soap and water and scrubbed, then rinsed.  I helped Moner and Grandmama stitch a quilt (by hand of course).  I can't say how my stitches looked, they didn't do them over so they must have been okay.  I tried cooking once when Moner was sick.  We all survived so it must have been filling.  As for sewing, after Daddy and I was married I learned by trial and error.  Patterns and sewing guides helped.  Cookbooks helped with cooking.