My first sewing memory was playing under the table while mother sewed. I'd take the cover for her sewing machine and turn the latches to make seats for my Weebles so they could give speeches, lol. I never was allowed to mess with her sewing machine though, so I never got to sew until I took home economics in 7th or 8th grade. By then mother had pretty much stopped sewing. I didn't get to sew again until I made that outfit I mentioned previously for a competition in 12th grade.
I got married in December, 1991. We got married at the courthouse because my parents had just been here when we lost our oldest son in October. I was 7-1/2 months pregnant with him. It was a freak of nature that both my parents made the trip. Anyway, about a week later I got an automated call from Sears that my order was ready for pickup. I called the store & found out it was a sewing machine that had been ordered in New York, where my mother lives. I've been sewing ever since.