PamQuilts

My 22 year old daughter designed & made a quilt a few years ago but hasn't made another. My 25 yr. old daughter has shown no interest in sewing. I got my abilities from my mom, who always sewed & still does at 87! I remember always going with her to Cloth World when I was little. She's never quilted, though.

JudeWill

Interesting question. I started "sewing" at abt. 6 yrs. old by making doll dresses for my storybook dolls by pinning them together. Learned to sew at my grandmother's knee. My oldest dau. sewed when she wanted something. She put things together as fast as possible, just to get them done. She was not into the process as much as the result. When my middle daughter took home-ec, she made a vest which was meticulously done. I couldn't find a mistake on it. She hated doing it and hasn't touched a machine yet. She did such a beautiful job because she is a perfectionist. Youngest dau. has sewn some, mainly when she wants something, like older dau., but she would rather be outside and is more likely to build a birdhouse than make a dress. I have given my oldest my old machine and I think she is going to do more sewing now. Her youngest is graduating high school this year, so she is having more time these days.

nantucketsue

For me the reverse is true. I always sewed, mainly clothing for my children and crafty things, but my daughter started a course in soft home furnishing and had to make a quilted cushion. I liked what I saw and have now become addicted, but unfortunately she gave it up! None of my grandchildren seems to have the inclination, but I live in hope that the youngest who was born on my birthday just over a year ago will inherit my love of sewing and quiltmaking, so I can leave her all my paraphernalia, (you know what I mean). My son is creative so there is hope. By the way, I was hopeless in the school needlework class, I hated being told what to make and it showed.

Ilovemydogs

I took home ec in high school and learned sewing. My sister gave me a certificate for a beginners quilting class and I was hooked! My mom gave her machine and then she saw all the quilts I was making and she got hooked. She got a machine and is making quilts now. I even got my SIL to quilt too! YEAH. My DMIL sews clothes. I might even get my other SIL to start.

Cookie64

My mother taught me to sew and I used to hand quilt with her, years ago. Now I would get my gd's in the summer time and I taught them all to sew, I have a sewing machine for each of them when they turn 18 and the oldest will get hers in april.

janice4

I taught my daughter years ago and she made a quilt but lost interest after sewing the top ( huge 8 inch squares) and my mom and I tied it for her..later she was dating a fireman and made him a cute fireman quilt and hand quilted it herself. I watched her work hours on that..and now she has been married to him three years and has a 15 month old girl and another on the way. She loves getting quilts I make and for baby, in fact working on one now. I look forward to the day I can teach my granddaughter this too.

sweetsie

I started sewing when I was 8. My Mom sewed and my
grandma could make anything without a pattern. I can't!
Both quilted that I remember. I didn't get the bug until
the 90's' Even though I took my first class in the 80's.
Have taught at least 2 of my 4 kids to sew. Have taught
my two grandsons to make pillowcases.But now They want more
fabric to make pillowcases,usually I don't want to part
with what they choose, I created 2 Monsters.

PamQuilts

I love these pictures of the girls sewing! Here's the quilt my DD designed & made herself.

Beachbaby12

I have two adult children now. We did all kinds of things when they were growng up: counted cross stitch, needlepoint, ceramics, drawing and painting. I know how to crochet, knit, sew. I am a self-taught quilter. Right now I am doing hand quilting: Grandmother's flower garden. My grandmother was a dressmaker in the sweat shops of New York City back in the day. My other grandmother loved to crochet. My mother use to crochet. In junior high school, I learned to sew, plus learned some tips and tricks from my mother and grandmother. I have passed on (didn't realize how much until she told me) a lot of these things to my children. My daughter said if it wasn't for me, she wouldn't know how to sew. I was so pleased when she said that. Yes, it is good to pass on. We both have a love for fabric and color and creativity.

GailG

I sewed almost everything for my two girls until they were at that age where they wanted the jeans- and - t-shirt wardrobe. I made prom dresses and costumes, etc. When they got to high school, they enrolled in a couple of Home Economics and did a little sewing then, but didn't keep it up. The older one began sewing after she had a child and wanted specific things for her (and to save money). The younger one made one garment and hung up her shears.

Now the older one does heirloom sewing, etc. She has awesome machines (and her daughter doesn't like the heirloom look) so the as the world turns (wink, wink). The younger daughter's child has an interest and has come with us to the Martha Pullen school in Huntsville a couple of times. She has her own machine, but it's now on hold as she is so involved in school extracurricula activites.