quiltmagnet

I think I am 2nd, My mother came from Poland and she never used a pattern. When "Ike" ran for President I fell in love with what we called his Battle Jacket. I told my mom I would love to have one and she made it for me,no pattern. I had a bad start in High School with sewing so I am not a good sewer.

Pat G

I'm the only one as far back as I know to sew. I even sewed buttons on for my mother. She was cute about it though & said I did it neater than she did. Yeah, right. LOL I think I got my creativity from my daddy.

decky

My mom's mom sewed and made most of the clothes for the girls in the family. They would look in a magazine and pick out a dress they liked and my grandmother would make it. My mom made quilts and I sewed alot of clothes for the kids when they were little and took up quilting about 10 years ago. I have 2 daughters and 2 daughter-in-laws but none of them sew. So guess who gets to do all the mending.

BobbiG

My mother only sewed to save money. My grandmother was a fantastic seamstress. We concluded that the sewing gene skipped generations.

bluesnowdoe

both my grandmothers did a lot of sewing my mom didn't eaven sew on a button and I have always loved sewing of any kind.

Rock Lady

3rd generation at least. Farther back than that I am sure they sewed and/or quilted, etc. It was expected of them.

butterflies5518

Great Grandmother crochet & tatting, Grandmother crocheted, tatted, smocked and sewed, my Mother sews and smockes, I sew, crochet, and quilt. whew 4 generations! I only passed it on to 1 DD, the other bless her heart can[t sew a button on, she waits for her sister to come to town.

Iamquilter

2nd generation. Don't know if my grandmother quilted but she sure did beatiful crocheting, and my mother quilted all the time. I also knit and do some crocheting.

Toni-in-Texas

Both my grandmothers sewed and quilted. I didn't know my grandmothers, but my mother told me that her mother cut out clothing patterns from newspapers. And she made, what we call string quilts now, as utility quilts and they were pieced on squares of newspaper. My dad's mother also quilted and I have one of her quilts. My mother didn't quilt, but she did sew when I was little. I taught both our sons how to mend clothing. One son mends the clothes for him and his wife, the other son doesn't. All four grandchildren have liked to sew with me at some time, but only one granddaughter has a sewing machine at the moment.

writerwomen

Sewing for necessity was always a thing in our family. Sewing for pleasure is something now my mother has started to do and something I prefer to do.