Originally Posted by SewExtreme
Originally Posted by Quilt Mom
... I'm ready to start my daughter's wedding dress.
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Oh, you will enjoy that. My daughter and I designed and sewed hers together. It was great. My daughter went on to do alterations in a bridal/formal gown shop. I still remember when she was mad at me (she was 12) when I told her she had to learn to sew because it was a skill that had been passed down to me for generations and I wanted to keep it going. She had run into a difficult problem and had to keep ripping out this same sleeve 3 times. I told her she didn't have to do anything with sewing when she was an adult. Needless to say, she got through that difficult sleeve and went on to sew her clothing, etc. I am giving her my 1975 Bernina 830 tomorrow. It is the machine she learned to sew on.
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I can identify with the 'do it again ' phrase. I ripped out a zipper three times before my mom was happy with the results. And it was no ordinary situation. She had me hand sew that baby in, because it was for a formal dress. I was so proud of the finished product, because I had, at 12, made my own dress. None of the other girls involved had something as nice as mine. And now, what am I doing? Dresses for my 'babies'!
I hope your daughter enjoys the sewing machine. It will mean a lot, being the machine on which she learned to sew. And those older machines are so reliable!