Originally Posted by teri295
This is such a wonderful gift for your daughter. This is REALLY what quilting is all about, isn't it? Memories stitched lovingly into a gift for someone very special. That was a unique way of saving all those dresses also, since those old dresses would normally just be stuffed away in some box...unseen.
Oh Teri, the dresses were given away long ago. These are the scraps left over from sewing her dresses. Way back in the day, I MADE her dresses, and my dresses, and my husband's plaid shirts. I made all of my daughter's clothes except her undies.
And here's the really scary thought: I didn't own a sewing machine. I know, I know: CRAZY! But necessity is the mother of invention and we were poor. So we managed to buy nice fabric and make nice clothes. And she didn't know we were poor!