Long Long ago...it begins
Emily over at Mommy's Nap Time is starting a Linky party called Sew Thinky Thursday . Today she is asking when did you start sewing? a bit about your sewing history and when did you know you were hooked? Well??? I am the youngest of 7 girls. My mother had to sew all our clothes with that many girls. From the clothing scraps we made Barbie doll clothes, designed paper doll clothes and learned to iron old wash clothes and hankies. I think one of my proudest moments came when I had cut out and made an entire outfit for myself when I was about 6 or 7 years old. No matter that it was pink variegated snub double knit! I think it was the idea of cutting something up and putting it back together that had me hooked. I joined our local 4-H group and made items and clothing which I modeled. I remember a tweedy suit jacket that won and went to the State fair. When I graduated from high school my present to myself was to buy my own sewing machine. I ...