Like Mother, Like Daughter!
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| "Mom. I just want to sew all day . . ." |
She raids my fabric stash. Then cruises all over Kingdom Come on the internet and finds an idea. Calls mom on FACETIME - can you believe it? Asks me to pan the camera over my stash so she can select fabrics (I'm not making this up!) Made quite a pile to mail to her (she only lives 50 miles away) because she needed them RIGHT NOW.
Asks a bazillion questions and you assure her that your directions are right (Hello? I've been sewing like this for 50+ years!!)
She cuts and stitches and ignores your SIMPLE directions for turning a skinny tube of fabric for those suspenders (she prefers to reference the blog she visited rather than your SIMPLE directions). But - hey! Look at the result . .
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| I think she raided my button box |
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| Simple skirt with suspenders. Gotta love it! |
To tell you the truth: I never would have imagined a little skirt for an 8 month baby using this fabric. My motto: All Quilts. Only Quilts. All the Time!
To a hammer everything is a nail. To a quilter every fabric is a quilt. I have been sewing since I was in junior highschool (can you say 4-H dirndal skirts and aprons?) Then for a few decades I saw fabric as potential clothes, so she's right on target. She'll be quilting soon . . .
Can we see a picture of you, Debby, when you were in junior high? Yes, the date is on the picture. Scary, huh?
OK. Enough. I think I'll go find a picture of her when she was in junior high!
now that is adorable and the wee machine..priceless
ReplyDeleteI can sew relate! She will soon be quilting.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter is the same way - although now she has the on-line shop list and actually lives in an area where there are quite a lot of lovely fabric shops so my stash isn't raided as often.
ReplyDeleteDon't you just love Facetime. My 2 yo granddaughter facetimes me at leas twice a week from her Mom's phone. Priceless!
ReplyDeleteHow cute and funny! I was hoping my daughter would want to learn to sew, but no way. Now I'm hoping my 7 year old granddaughter will want to learn.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter said she didn't need to learn because she has me. I told her I won't always be here. LOL
how good is that she is now stitching but lock up your fabric when she next visits
ReplyDeleteWhat a funny post! I laughed so many times and for a mintue I thought you had a camera in my house. Same story here, grew up on 4-H, made clothes for a while, daughter learned to sew but didn't like it, she had a baby, and for a while she was back at it. She's now in Japan and resources (including mom's stash and sewing machine) are quite limited. But I have no doubt when she's back in the states this time next year I'll be on call again. Love it though and love seeing her creativity; both your daughter's and mine.
ReplyDelete'65 is when I graduated high school, Debby, so someone out here quilting is older than you are! LOL I agree completely. The only use for fabrics is a quilt, and if I can't quilt it, I don't buy it. I HATE making clothes, probably because I had to make a lot of mine in high school and young motherhood times. I laughed at your post, and was thankful I have sons who rarely raid my stash unless they need a new quilt and want me to make it. That is a cute skirt for the baby, though I would have taken the simple directions any day!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh we could almost be sisters. You look just like me. At first I thought you had put my photo up which was sort of strange to even think. I had the same hair style and head band.
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