SuzyQ

Did you REALLY have to say this ?!?! LOL ... that just made me realize I've been sewing for about that long too .... dang girl friend you've made me feel old <grin> and I'm only 47 HAHAHAHA

sisLH

First sewing? -shortage of money for kids clothes. Now, it's usually cheaper to buy the grandkids clothes than it is to buy fabric. sad

Ann Marie O

I had no interest in sewing until I was 17 years old and went with my mom (who did sew) to a fabric store where I saw some material I just fell in love with. I told my mom I wanted to make a dress with it (on Thursday) for a date on Saturday night. My grandmother, who lived with us, said she would show me how and I finished sewing the snaps in the side placket as my date drove in the yard on Saturday. He was so impressed with what I had done that besides taking me to several of his friends homes that evening, he told everyone we met that I had made my dress. That was the beginning - I have been sewing for almost 50 years now and still enjoy it.

bbmom1989

I began sewing when I was 7 - that was almost 51 years ago. My grandmother helped me make a torn apron for my mother for Christmas. After that I was going over to her place and she was helping me sew - they are glorious memories! Before she passed she put peoples names on the bottom of things in her apartment and the Morse machine had my name on it. I have loved it forever and used it for many years.

Thank you for jogging that marvelous memory!
JP

LindaWheattall

I still have my first sewing machine. A toy singer that had a crank and did the chain stitch. I started sewing baby doll clothes when i was about 7 or 8. I will be 65 in Sept.

mariposa gal

64 years for me. All my clothes, including coats, until I had children - then their clothes while they were small - then household "stuff", and now I quilt, mostly.

liese

Absolutely -- I agree!! I wish sewing and quilting was my job, Full Time, every day -- although I do teach Family & Cons Science (Home Ec) and one quarter of sewing to 8th graders! I hope I inspire some of them to LOVE sewing and learning to quilt!

hikingquilter

My mother sewed all of the dresses for my sister and I when we were growing up, even our special Easter outfits, on Singer treadle. She taught me to sew a few stitches when I was about 7 or 8 yrs old (I'm 62 now). My best friend and I would raid our moms' rag bags and make dresses for clothespin dolls. I began teaching myself to embroider at age 10 when I sewed my mom's initials on a pretty hankie as a gift. About this time, she also taught me to knit. In junior high home ec class I learned to make clothes for myself and continued to sew my own dresses and skirts all through high school (my mom would knit my sweaters). I didn't like clothes off the rack; I wanted to be different. Then I sewed my own wedding dress; then clothes for my first born, a girl. In my 20's, I taught myself crochet and crewel embroidery. I subsequently had 4 boys, so I turned my skills toward more crafty sewing (dolls, toys etc). Made my first quilt when I was expecting my 3rd child, and I have lost track of how many I have made since! So I feel as if I have been sewing all my life. I love it.

maryp

my grandmother taught me tosew on her treadle think i was 6 yrs old then i took home ec in jr high . then learned crochet then crosstiching. been quilting about 2yrs . allways making my grands pillows or purses . just luv sewing.

bbmom1989

It seems that our grandmothers had a great deal to do with the development of our sewing, crocheting, knitting and needlework skills - something for all of us to pass on.