LindaJD

My love for sewing began when I was probably about 2, mom sewed, and my gr aunt sewed, so I was always around fabric and fabric scraps. Mom told me when we would shopping I would get lost. She would find me smelling and touching all the clothes, I have just loved fabrics...
My first projects were dolls clothes, about 4, I am sure the clothes did not fit any doll I had but I probably thought they did. I remember playing with scraps of fabric and just having fun. My mom also embroidered and she would give me a piece of fabic she had made x's on for me to embroider, I was about 5.
I do know that I started making dolls clothes when I was 9, Barbie clothes when I was about 11, and I still have them tucked in my "keep box".
In 9th grade, my first project was a pillow, yellow of course, then a blouse. The teacher and I did not get along, mom had taught me to sew pretty well by then, and the Palmer Method was being taught, which I did learn from, but I was into sewing my own way.
I made all my formals for high school dances. I have sewn so many things over the years....and I still like to make dolls clothes.