I have been sewing for 40 years!
#93
I had no interest in sewing until I was 17 years old and went with my mom (who did sew) to a fabric store where I saw some material I just fell in love with. I told my mom I wanted to make a dress with it (on Thursday) for a date on Saturday night. My grandmother, who lived with us, said she would show me how and I finished sewing the snaps in the side placket as my date drove in the yard on Saturday. He was so impressed with what I had done that besides taking me to several of his friends homes that evening, he told everyone we met that I had made my dress. That was the beginning - I have been sewing for almost 50 years now and still enjoy it.
#94
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Portland, Oregon
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I began sewing when I was 7 - that was almost 51 years ago. My grandmother helped me make a torn apron for my mother for Christmas. After that I was going over to her place and she was helping me sew - they are glorious memories! Before she passed she put peoples names on the bottom of things in her apartment and the Morse machine had my name on it. I have loved it forever and used it for many years.
Thank you for jogging that marvelous memory!
JP
Thank you for jogging that marvelous memory!
JP
#97
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 446
Originally Posted by Quilting Angel
I think I began cross stitching before my teenage years, and I really loved it. I continued cross stitching for many adult years, and then taught myself to crochet. I enjoyed this even more than cross stitching. Then one day, I am at my mom's house, and I see the things she has been quilting......the addiction began....lol. I no longer crochet or cross stitch. I only have time for quilting. I've been quilting now for about 9 months, and never been so passionate about anything. I am self taught, and learn new things all the time. I really wish quilting was my job.......I would never dread going to work.
#98
My mother sewed all of the dresses for my sister and I when we were growing up, even our special Easter outfits, on Singer treadle. She taught me to sew a few stitches when I was about 7 or 8 yrs old (I'm 62 now). My best friend and I would raid our moms' rag bags and make dresses for clothespin dolls. I began teaching myself to embroider at age 10 when I sewed my mom's initials on a pretty hankie as a gift. About this time, she also taught me to knit. In junior high home ec class I learned to make clothes for myself and continued to sew my own dresses and skirts all through high school (my mom would knit my sweaters). I didn't like clothes off the rack; I wanted to be different. Then I sewed my own wedding dress; then clothes for my first born, a girl. In my 20's, I taught myself crochet and crewel embroidery. I subsequently had 4 boys, so I turned my skills toward more crafty sewing (dolls, toys etc). Made my first quilt when I was expecting my 3rd child, and I have lost track of how many I have made since! So I feel as if I have been sewing all my life. I love it.
#99
my grandmother taught me tosew on her treadle think i was 6 yrs old then i took home ec in jr high . then learned crochet then crosstiching. been quilting about 2yrs . allways making my grands pillows or purses . just luv sewing.
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