Hmmmm, what to say about myself. . . .I don’t know why it would be
hard for me to come up with something, I love to talk. Ask me a
question and I’ll answer it.
Let’s see, I was born and raised here in Webster. The house I live
in is the same one I grew up in which my husband of 18 years and I
bought from my parents after they lived there 37 years. I’m the 8th of
12 kids and the mother of 7, 3 girls and 4 boys. Yes, they keep me on
my toes and I have lots of stories to tell, but they are all smart, cute
and wonderful in my humble, but correct opinion. I enjoy scrapbooking,
(even attempted to sell it for 9 years, though why it took me that long
to realize I was not a salesman, I have no idea), dancing, drawing,
painting, stamping, cross stitching, crocheting and have a list of other
things I still want to learn, but I don’t seem to have the time to do much of
any of those things right now for some reason.
My mother, a phenomenal seamstress, taught me to sew. I made several dresses under her tutelage. If we didn’t have a pattern for a dress I designed, she showed me how to adjust a pattern we already had to make it. I got my first sewing machine for Christmas just before I turned 16 and when I was a senior I was making costumes for my dance company as a little business. I took that sewing machine to college with me and made myself clothes. I made my wedding dress, shorts for my husband and me, matching dresses for my baby girl and me. I couldn’t have lived without it. Just before my oldest was born, and while I was working with the teenage girls in my church up in Michigan where we lived, those girls and the other leader made a baby blanket for my daughter which I got to help make. It was a split rail design and I discovered a new love - piecing quilts. Each of my seven kids has a pieced baby blanket and when they turn 8 (old enough to not drag it around the house), they get a large quilt that matches. I recently learned that I’m 6th generation professional seamstress on my maternal line. Interesting, though that wasn’t what motivated me to pursue this interest.
I began teaching kids to sew in 2004 (besides teaching my own kids - which doesn’t count), just a class once a year. Shannon, with Fabric Nosherie, asked me to start teaching kids classes at the shop when she was still preparing to open. I gradually moved to teaching more and more classes and I LOVED it!!! I loved the teaching, I loved getting to know each of you (even if I can’t put names with faces), I love and miss the ambiance in the store, I miss hanging out with the people that work there, I loved everything about that place! I considered it a real blessing to teach people this valuable skill. My fabulous kids, my sister and my wonderful husband have made it possible to spend my time there. I couldn’t have done it without them.
Hmmm, it wasn’t so hard for me to talk your ear off after all.
Let’s see, I was born and raised here in Webster. The house I live
in is the same one I grew up in which my husband of 18 years and I
bought from my parents after they lived there 37 years. I’m the 8th of
12 kids and the mother of 7, 3 girls and 4 boys. Yes, they keep me on
my toes and I have lots of stories to tell, but they are all smart, cute
and wonderful in my humble, but correct opinion. I enjoy scrapbooking,
(even attempted to sell it for 9 years, though why it took me that long
to realize I was not a salesman, I have no idea), dancing, drawing,
painting, stamping, cross stitching, crocheting and have a list of other
things I still want to learn, but I don’t seem to have the time to do much of
any of those things right now for some reason.My mother, a phenomenal seamstress, taught me to sew. I made several dresses under her tutelage. If we didn’t have a pattern for a dress I designed, she showed me how to adjust a pattern we already had to make it. I got my first sewing machine for Christmas just before I turned 16 and when I was a senior I was making costumes for my dance company as a little business. I took that sewing machine to college with me and made myself clothes. I made my wedding dress, shorts for my husband and me, matching dresses for my baby girl and me. I couldn’t have lived without it. Just before my oldest was born, and while I was working with the teenage girls in my church up in Michigan where we lived, those girls and the other leader made a baby blanket for my daughter which I got to help make. It was a split rail design and I discovered a new love - piecing quilts. Each of my seven kids has a pieced baby blanket and when they turn 8 (old enough to not drag it around the house), they get a large quilt that matches. I recently learned that I’m 6th generation professional seamstress on my maternal line. Interesting, though that wasn’t what motivated me to pursue this interest.
I began teaching kids to sew in 2004 (besides teaching my own kids - which doesn’t count), just a class once a year. Shannon, with Fabric Nosherie, asked me to start teaching kids classes at the shop when she was still preparing to open. I gradually moved to teaching more and more classes and I LOVED it!!! I loved the teaching, I loved getting to know each of you (even if I can’t put names with faces), I love and miss the ambiance in the store, I miss hanging out with the people that work there, I loved everything about that place! I considered it a real blessing to teach people this valuable skill. My fabulous kids, my sister and my wonderful husband have made it possible to spend my time there. I couldn’t have done it without them.
Hmmm, it wasn’t so hard for me to talk your ear off after all.
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