My Mom has so many talents and skills one of them is being a seamstress. As long as I can remember she has sewed for herself and for us. Most of the clothing we wore as young children were sewed by my mom. She sewed us dresses, skirts, pants, shorts, tops and pj's. She sewed the bridesmaids dresses for my sisters wedding and many costumes for me when I was in plays in high school.
I don't remember when I started sewing but I feel like I have been doing it my whole life. My mom had so much skill sewing and she passed that skill down to me. I cannot say I am near the seamstress she is but I could never be as skilled as I am now without her guidance, patiences and love of sewing.
As we are helping my Mom and Dad go through there things I came across my Moms sewing basket. The sewing basket is such a big part of my memories of sewing with my Mom. When she told me I could have it I was overjoyed. When I opened it up it was full of treasures.
One of the other things we came across was a box of vintage clothing that my Mom made. My daughters were so excited!! Most of it was from the 1960's and 1970's. What was most exciting to them was that a lot of it is back in fashion now.
We had a lot of fun trying it on and finding pieces that we can wear.
Christa was so excited about this dress. Of course she can only take pictures with chickens in them 😊
I LOVE this dress!!! I am totally going to wear it this summer.
Most everything fit Josie so I made her be my model. She looked so cute in everything.
She decided that the white dress looked like a wedding dress
I love these little summer shirts! My mom has a bunch of vintage patterns and I hope to find the pattern for the shirt. If not I am going to take one apart and make my own pattern.
Larina is wearing my 1st communion dress.
Sarah is wearing another one of the dresses my mom made. She was so happy when we told her she could keep it! It fits her perfect!
This is such a classic dress. She had a bunch of them. She said it was such an easy pattern that she would just whip one up every couple of weeks to wear when they went out to dances.
This is a dress that either Linda or I wore. It is so, so cute!! Cassie pulled Larina out of the pool to put it on for me for the picture. She needs to be just a little taller and it will fit her perfect.
This is my Mom, my daughters and granddaughters. Because of my Mom teaching me how to sew I was able to pass her skill on to everyone in the picture. Josie and Larina are wearing dresses that my Mom made. Four generations of seamstresses all because of Mom....
Pass on your skills.....
Sharon
“The challenges are part of the reason why it is so rewarding to sew a garment and be able to say ‘I made that.”
– Assembil Books
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