tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507269696688990191.post7795436256903296451..comments2024-03-27T20:51:28.729-04:00Comments on Faye's Sewing Adventure : NATIONAL SEWING MONTH: WE'VE COME A LONG WAY BABY!!!Faye Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02781186043996633965noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507269696688990191.post-65186906239761083452015-09-15T21:01:56.974-04:002015-09-15T21:01:56.974-04:00Thank you Sheila!Thank you Sheila!Faye Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02781186043996633965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507269696688990191.post-64145389757853926822015-09-15T21:01:35.179-04:002015-09-15T21:01:35.179-04:00Like you,I love recalling sewing memories.Like you,I love recalling sewing memories.Faye Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02781186043996633965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507269696688990191.post-42674413253169344032015-09-13T11:36:18.943-04:002015-09-13T11:36:18.943-04:00Great post. Thanks for sharing !Great post. Thanks for sharing !Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03688900287732221253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507269696688990191.post-21290997649140642112015-09-13T09:56:46.226-04:002015-09-13T09:56:46.226-04:00My grandfather was a master tailor and had an indu...My grandfather was a master tailor and had an industrial sewing machine. When I was 15 I spent the summer with my grandparents. I wanted to sew a dress but he did not want me using the industrial machine because it sews very rapidly so he replaced the broken belt on my grandmother's treadle machine with clothesline and I spent the summer mastering the treadle machine. I have fond memories of that summer but unfortunately I wasn't able to inherit it; you're so lucky to have your grandmother's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507269696688990191.post-90285268946878858592015-09-12T00:58:35.558-04:002015-09-12T00:58:35.558-04:00Michelle I think you are a person with GREAT visio...Michelle I think you are a person with GREAT vision. People who are able to take an older existing garment (sometimes a matronly over-sized dress in a lovely fabric) and change it into something modern, artsy and beautiful always amaze me. I love your play on print/color/textue mixing.Faye Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02781186043996633965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507269696688990191.post-561530532271460822015-09-10T22:22:34.786-04:002015-09-10T22:22:34.786-04:00Thanks for sharing this Faye. I don't remember...Thanks for sharing this Faye. I don't remember any sewers in my family and my hankering for sewing came out of necessity to make clothes that we could not afford, ini the beginning I refashioned everything that I could get my hands on. Thanks again.That Black Chichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06809077007473670113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507269696688990191.post-8658589502772535272015-09-10T19:01:06.891-04:002015-09-10T19:01:06.891-04:00So many of us share similar Grandmother memories B...So many of us share similar Grandmother memories Bunny. I know you value yours same as I do.Faye Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02781186043996633965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507269696688990191.post-41055178492464574812015-09-10T18:59:53.471-04:002015-09-10T18:59:53.471-04:00My Granny loved working outdoors Linda, but on a r...My Granny loved working outdoors Linda, but on a rainy day she'd spend all day long sewing. Those were the best days for me, and I can never forget the button down tops and gathered skirts she made for me and my sisters.Faye Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02781186043996633965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507269696688990191.post-31743428998347596062015-09-10T18:57:41.654-04:002015-09-10T18:57:41.654-04:00I'm positive that one of your grands will pick...I'm positive that one of your grands will pick up your passion for sewing Tee. It's a wonderful gift to pass along to loved ones.Faye Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02781186043996633965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507269696688990191.post-19181918265533569612015-09-10T18:55:39.095-04:002015-09-10T18:55:39.095-04:00Aren't these memories precious Cynthia. I'...Aren't these memories precious Cynthia. I'll bet you can't sit down at that Singer without thinking about your Grandmother!Faye Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02781186043996633965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507269696688990191.post-74399605223770802452015-09-10T12:48:02.875-04:002015-09-10T12:48:02.875-04:00Loved your story, Faye. I was at my grandmother&#...Loved your story, Faye. I was at my grandmother's knee while she created new dresses for my Betsy Wetsy doll (at the time a new innovation!). Thanks for the memory....<br />She willed me her machine (a 401 Singer) and I continue to sew on it in her honor today!<br /><br />Cynthiagreytonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16011928850908138108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507269696688990191.post-63630499287574528502015-09-10T11:46:41.866-04:002015-09-10T11:46:41.866-04:00I didn't have any sewers in my family....I gue...I didn't have any sewers in my family....I guess it began with me. By the time I got interested in sewing my grandmother had stopped. She couldn't afford a machine. She and her sisters sewed by hand. She did beautiful crochet work though. I'm passing the knowledge on to my grands, hope at least one of them catches the bug!!!!Teehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11671175207465598334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507269696688990191.post-12892182687366372952015-09-10T06:55:42.822-04:002015-09-10T06:55:42.822-04:00Great history lesson. My grandmother had a simila...Great history lesson. My grandmother had a similar machine and I remember many of the garments she made for my mother, herself and me!!!Linda Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12655695696943452993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507269696688990191.post-20815892585822805772015-09-10T06:54:28.379-04:002015-09-10T06:54:28.379-04:00I sat at my Grandmother's knee, like you, on t...I sat at my Grandmother's knee, like you, on the side of a treadle machine while she pumped away. It was heaven and so fascinating to a small little girl.Bunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03672695141031447916noreply@blogger.com