Posted on 06/16/2014 2:02:05 PM PDT by Roos_Girl
I love sewing. Haven’t been sewing much these days. Used to sew most of my son and daughter’s clothes. Now I am waiting for grandkids to sew for (I have a few years to wait - son getting married in October). Haven’t made a quilt in a while - you’ve got me thinking about starting one. Maybe a wedding gift for son and his bride-to-be?
When my daughter was young, I made hundreds of doll’s clothes. She couldn’t possibly use all of them on her dolls, so I sold them at craft shows.
I’d love to talk about sewing
I love your quilt! My dad (also a Freeper) is a big man. He lost over 100 pounds! His daily wardrobe of plaid flannel shirts became way too big!! My sister took all those shirts and made him the best flannel quilt. Your quilt reminded me of her creation.
That’s a great idea! Please put me on the ping list!
/johnny
Indeed. The AAFES sewing shops, or even off-post places were frequently $2.00 x patch. A few uniforms and that $60 Brother sewing machine paid for itself...
Cool! Love the buttons idea! I also look for nice-fabric in clothing from Good Will, Salvation Army, AmVets or similar stores to supplement my color palettes for quilts or rag rugs. Also, our local JoAnn store offloads its damaged knitting skeins at Good Will. If you hit it right, you can get a garbage-sized plastic bagful of acrylic skeins that couldn't be sold because the label was torn, or a customer damaged the winding -- for $10 that would have retailed for $200 to $300. If you get two decent skeins out of it, you've broken even, and the rest can supplement other crafts or be donated to schools, nursing homes, etc.
You okay with us doing this?
Ok by me.
I’m laughing at the memory. In 1954, a PO2 in my division brought a BROTHER sewing machine onto the ship. Present for his wife. We teased him because at THAT time Japanese articles had no prestige or respect. Told him to try it out.
He did, and was able to alter his uniforms. Then for other guys, then really altering uniforms even for officers.
Made enough money to buy another machine to actually give to his wife. He was still sewing/making money when I transferred off.
I grew up with a sewing mom - she made entire wardrobes for me when I was little (as well as for my barbie dolls), made my prom dresses and my wedding dress!
...you could call it the Thread Thread :)
Looks great to me!
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