My Grandma tried to teach me to embroider when I was a kid, but I was all thumbs. My mom was a terrific crafter. She'd go to shows, look stuff over then go home and create her own or recreate what she'd seen and liked. She once told me "any idiot can cross stitch"; well here is one 'idiot' who can't!
Both of my grown daughters all on their own have taught themselves to crochet and to knit and to quilt. In fact, I kid the oldest about taking over from Martha Stewart next time Martha goes to jail.
I'm left handed and was my grandmother's only daughter. She grew making all her own clothes and tried to teach me. It was frustrating for her though since I "commenced" the opposite of where she did but I did learn to sew and was making my own doll clothes when I was nine. I did a lot of cross stitch until my eyes got weaker. Now I knit and crochet and applique. One of my life ambitions is to make a quilt but I have six of my grandmother's masterpieces around the house so am not terribly motivated.