Originally Posted by
Quilty-Louise
Great MIL (to be) in deed, looks like Krystyna is doing
her part in getting and keeping you interested in sewing.
Wish it worked half as well with any of my three daughters
but alas it didn't. Oh well so be life.
louise the women in my maternal family have sewn,crochet/knit, made rugs & needlework for generations. i believe it is a gene that we have because i started at age 7 and had my first sewing machine at age 8. no one ever sat down and gave me formal lessons. i was crocheting and embroidery by age 9.
in comes my daughter. i made many of her clothes when she was growing up and had started my own boutique children's clothing line during this period. she grew up around sewing machines but never got the sewing bug. i did crafts with her and i helped her to start her own school squishy project where we would make them and she sold them to friends at school but sewing never took with her.
i even tried teaching my sister to sew plus my mom always was crocheting/knitting on something. it never took with her either. i am afraid that this is going to be a dying art in my line of the family. i do have a granddaughter to teach and two young nieces to break in but my daughter is a lost cause in this art. but my daughter does sing and has a beautiful soprano voice. her interest lies in making music so that is artistic right? that means the artistic gene has passed on but just in a different medium, right? she did get a bit part on a gospel album and i am so proud of her for it.