growing up on a farm 
you learn to make your own stuff
you are also somewhat cut off from mainstream styles and conventions

my mother is a former home economics teacher who makes 60-70 
evergreen boquets for people in rising city every christmas
amazingly, none of these skills developed in me until i left home

foil -- in a category by itself
cooking
quilting
crocheting
candlemaking
soapmaking
gardening
theroy on crafts