I had to take sewing when I was in high school in home economics class. At that time it was all the rage to have pants and those long duster coats. Well the class started in September and by the time christmas break came I was still on the zipper on the pants.....I had taken the zipper out so many times the material was full of holes...in the end the teacher gave me a just passing grade.....she said it was due to my determination to get it right...not my sewing skills....lol