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ceridwen
True Blue Farmgirl
899 Posts
Carole
New York
USA
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Posted - Feb 09 2017 : 08:15:33 AM
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Jana, good of you to sew at a young age. Do you still make your some of your clothes?
I only quilt. I'm a straight line kind of gal, although I am thinking of taking up sewing. I don't know what it is about sewing, it really doesn't bring out the best in me. I just get frustrated because I don't understand what the pattern instructions are asking me to do. When it came to Halloween costumes for my Pumpkin, I would start out with a pattern and then just wing it!
Carole Farmgirl Sister 3610 - Nov 7/2011 http://www.carolesquiltingetc.com http://www.fibrejunction.com |
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Marilyn Hartman Sullivan
True Blue Farmgirl
1138 Posts
Marilyn
Oxford
PA
USA
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Posted - Feb 10 2017 : 06:37:10 AM
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I used to make all my own clothes (I thought that's how you GOT them!) and never thought anything of it. Even when I was working in Corporate America -- I still sewed my own clothes. At some point, my body changed and I started having trouble finding a size pattern that worked for the whole me. The shoulders were okay, but the bust was too small, or the bust fit but the shoulders would have fit Ricky Ricardo. And I absolutely hate doing alterations, so that's when I started buying and I have never looked back. I enjoy quilting much more. Things still have to fit, but only to one another, and not to a moving, living, breathing, expanding PERSON! ha ha
In the early 70s, one of the "things" that we did was make shirts for our boyfriends. Oh they were lovely, too. Floral prints and body-hugging seams. Even the western style with the embroidered roses on the yokes. Ahhhh...memories. After my boyfriend became my husband, I sewed suits for him. The horrible double-knit leisure suits were easy, because the construction was pretty straight-forward, as long as you didn't mind a lot of topstitching and felled seams. But the regular constructed suits were always such an accomplishment! I learned a lot about tailoring in those days. There was so much hand-stitching in those "real" suits to get the lapel to roll right. Our little gospel singing group had outfits for performing. The girls all made their own dresses, or had their mother do it, and I made jackets or shirts for the guys. One time we had little Eisenhower-style jackets for the guys. They were rust colored and styled kind of like a jean jacket. This has been a fun memory! Thanks for starting the thread.
Farmgirl #6318 "Where there's a will -- there's probably a family fight." |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
16962 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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Audra Rose
True Blue Farmgirl
2196 Posts
Vanessa
Brooksville
KY
USA
2196 Posts |
Posted - Feb 14 2017 : 06:53:35 AM
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My grandma crocheted vests and ponchos for Churunga and me. The ponchos were different colors and didn't keep you warm at all. She also made us different colored quilts.
Farmgirl Sister #6754 Doxie Mom - Everyone loves a Weiner!
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
16962 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
16962 Posts |
Posted - Feb 14 2017 : 3:08:18 PM
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I think that is so awesome.... my American granny couldn't sew or crochet as she had had a stroke in herlate 40's and her left side was for the most part paralized(sp)... My German Oma could sew and knit but due to mental health issues she only took joy in gardening. oh how I wish I could have sat by her side, and her teach me.... Cherrish the moments and memories....
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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ceridwen
True Blue Farmgirl
899 Posts
Carole
New York
USA
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
16962 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
16962 Posts |
Posted - Feb 16 2017 : 3:15:22 PM
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Carol,, I know...Right?!... I wonder if the mom got lucky and found matching striped fabric but in different widths or if the mom actually sewed on different color fabric to make the stripes and after making the daughter's ... the mother said... "oh! To heck with that!...he gets plain white shorts and I get another glass of Wine!!!".... lololol!
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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Edited by - katmom on Feb 16 2017 3:16:16 PM |
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