Originally Posted by chairjogger
Did you sew as children? Did you mother or grandmother sew?
Ellen
My grandmother was a sewer by necessity, but she was good! My mom started out as a school teacher and then raised the three of us so she didn't sew much, then when I was 12 I wanted a sewing machine. I still remember going with my uncle in his yellow VW beetle to the train station to get the package from Simpsons-Sears! It was too heavy to come through the mail!
Mom caught the sewing bug after that and she made lots of clothes. There wasn't a piece of polyester crepe knit that was safe in our little town!! And she joined the Women's Institute when we were in high school and then the quilting fun began!