Well... hello there! (Introduction)
01-24-2012, 10:53 AM
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Well... hello there! (Introduction)
Since I have been a sponge reading/learning from all you wonderful quilters I suppose I should at least introduce myself! 
I am grandmother to 8 and my youngest grand-daughter (age 3) has sparked my interest in returning to the sewing world. Leave it to the little ones! My recent goal has been to collect the older (pre 1960's) Singer sewing machines for our grand-daughters and lead them on the path to learning to sew. I seem to have been very lucky in finding these older machines for $40 or less - so that goal (number of machines) has been met. I have Singer models 301, 237, 201,15-91's (two of them) and 99 (two of them) and then the 'boot patcher' Singer model 29-4 (lovely cast iron treadle base. Oh, yes, also have a Domestic treadle which was given to me a few years ago.
I hope to teach myself how to clean up and repair my old lovelies and get them all in working order so I might have something 'keepsake' to will to our grand-daughters. I shouldn't leave out our grandsons as hubby & I raised boys and I taught them to sew - at least the mending/repairing part of sewing.
I have sewn for personal family needs and for weddings. My Mom was greatly involved in quilting and upon her passing (some years ago) my sisters and I divided up her stash. If Mom didn't win the "Ye Who Dies With The Biggest Stash Wins" then she was pretty close. I have lots of quilting fabric but have only made one lap quilt in my life - and that was a token effort shortly after Mom's passing. Now that I am 'reaching the age' of retirement hopefully I will have more time.
Ah...... the phrase "more time"....... we never have enough, do we? Hubby had been gravely ill for the last 5 yrs. and I have become his, what, caretaker (?) but then again aren't we wives always, in some manner shape or form, always caretakers of our hubby's?
Funds are severely limited here due to hubby's medical bills; fabric is in abundance; rulers/dies cuts are in scare supply (sister's got those from Mom's stash) but where the mind is willing hopefully the creative juices will flow.
Shari
SE Wisconsin, USA
I am grandmother to 8 and my youngest grand-daughter (age 3) has sparked my interest in returning to the sewing world. Leave it to the little ones!
My recent goal has been to collect the older (pre 1960's) Singer sewing machines for our grand-daughters and lead them on the path to learning to sew. I seem to have been very lucky in finding these older machines for $40 or less - so that goal (number of machines) has been met. I have Singer models 301, 237, 201,15-91's (two of them) and 99 (two of them) and then the 'boot patcher' Singer model 29-4 (lovely cast iron treadle base. Oh, yes, also have a Domestic treadle which was given to me a few years ago.I hope to teach myself how to clean up and repair my old lovelies and get them all in working order so I might have something 'keepsake' to will to our grand-daughters. I shouldn't leave out our grandsons as hubby & I raised boys and I taught them to sew - at least the mending/repairing part of sewing.
I have sewn for personal family needs and for weddings. My Mom was greatly involved in quilting and upon her passing (some years ago) my sisters and I divided up her stash. If Mom didn't win the "Ye Who Dies With The Biggest Stash Wins" then she was pretty close. I have lots of quilting fabric but have only made one lap quilt in my life - and that was a token effort shortly after Mom's passing. Now that I am 'reaching the age' of retirement hopefully I will have more time.
Ah...... the phrase "more time"....... we never have enough, do we? Hubby had been gravely ill for the last 5 yrs. and I have become his, what, caretaker (?) but then again aren't we wives always, in some manner shape or form, always caretakers of our hubby's?
Funds are severely limited here due to hubby's medical bills; fabric is in abundance; rulers/dies cuts are in scare supply (sister's got those from Mom's stash) but where the mind is willing hopefully the creative juices will flow.
Shari
SE Wisconsin, USA
01-24-2012, 06:04 PM
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Welcome from the San Francisco Bay Area of California.
The piecing and quilting of quilts is a great stress reducer when housebound due to elder care. Good luck with you on trying to making it to retirement sane and healthy! At least you can browse the patterns and set aside fabric and patterns into stacks so you can cut them when you have time and stitch them together when you have time.
If nothing else, you will have a chance to sew as your spouse ages. It may become something he can help you with - picking patterns and colors and maybe even cutting--- when unable to do much else.
Keep us posted on whatever happens. This group cares! Even if you can't stitch anything, you can still share.
The piecing and quilting of quilts is a great stress reducer when housebound due to elder care. Good luck with you on trying to making it to retirement sane and healthy! At least you can browse the patterns and set aside fabric and patterns into stacks so you can cut them when you have time and stitch them together when you have time.
If nothing else, you will have a chance to sew as your spouse ages. It may become something he can help you with - picking patterns and colors and maybe even cutting--- when unable to do much else.
Keep us posted on whatever happens. This group cares! Even if you can't stitch anything, you can still share.
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