Old 12-20-2012, 06:06 AM
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BoJangles
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Originally Posted by Glenn View Post
Well I am back on line with a new PC and newly installed operating system. What a chore to restore all my info but almost done. Yes Nancy my grandmother taught me to sew starting a age six. I lived with my grandparents for several years and had to spend an hour a day learning a sewing technique. Fom sewing on buttons to quilting. I had to learn to chrochet and knit too. I would have rather been outside playing ball but know I had to have that hour of learning but so glad I did have my grandma to teach me. While in the army did not do to much sewing sewing because I did not want the fellow officers to make fun of me. So in the closet I made all my wife's formals for the many military balls we attended thru the years of my service. Now that I am retired I cont to sew, crochet, knit and embroidery. Of course collect a few old machines along the way
Yep grandmothers a grand bunch! I have taught all my grandkids how to sew! I am now teaching our 4 year old grandson! All the kids, including the boys, have made at least one small throw sized quilt, totes, placemats, etc.! The ones that wanted to learn also know how to knit and crochet!

Clare, your 5 year old is the perfect age to teach to sew. Even the boys at that age are interested because it is fun to use a sewing machine! Most of the boys that know how to sew in my family are now teenagers and won't sew anymore, but hopefully they will come back to it one day when they don't feel it threatens their masculinity!

Nancy
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