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Whew! Good Site; And, My Summer Report
I am impressed too, Cea..........I can hardly wait until my
nearly-6-year-old can start. She "assists" now, and is beginning to understand machine threading .....and keeping hands away from needles and other things......but I am looking forward to her doing a simple project in the not too far distant future......Thanks. wrote in message ... Whew! Good Site; And, My Summer Report (Pat) What age is the GDD you are teaching to sew?? --- She's 8 & 1/2 , Pat. I started her on the Singer machine which I use for alterations, doing what was basically a fun, free-motion embroidery project, so she could get the feel of the machine and learn to control the fabric. 'We' (I had her do the whole process, from ironing to sewing on snaps.) stiffened a length of cheap red cotton fabric with the heaviest Stitch-Witchery* product, peeled the paper off, then started layering interesting/pretty scraps of fabrics and trims, until she was happy with the look of it. Pressed with paper atop to protect the iron, which bonds the scraps to the fabric, then she chose different thread colors--metallic, brights, and began free motion stitching as she pleased, to further embellish it and to lock the fabric scraps onto the surface. (I keep a plastic bag where all of the scraps from projects live, so she had an assortment to choose from.) When she was done--it was her project, so I tried to be as 'hands-off' as possible-- we cut out a rectangle purse, improvising a pattern. She learned how to make a tube and turn it, making handles. She got scissor-happy, whacked a hunk off one of the corners of the purse rectangle, and learned why one uses a pattern to put things together, even if the pattern is in her GM's head. Her purse was a bit lop-sided when finished, even after the other side was trimmed to semi-match. Here I will note that these lessons have not been without some pain and tears shed--she is headstrong, and is learning to listen the hard way. She burned herself with the iron; (kisses, commiseration,a band-aid and a reminder); she chose a hard-to work-with silky for her last project, despite my warnings, and learned how difficult indeed it was to sew. The GMa hopes this child is learning much more than sewing--better done here where someone who loves her can pick up the pieces. Back to the purse: we discovered she needed a lining to hide the heavy stitching, so she learned to bag a lining. This first lesson was during the school year, and her teachers were most impressed-- they went from smiling benignly at the Old Person (me) when I picked her up at school, to actually treating me like a teaching colleague. G Cea |
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Lily Abello had one of the very first sewing-only sites, and it has grown and
grown. She is a goddess! And Cea, so are you! I had no idea that you did furniture, too, on top of all your other myriad talents. Can I come and get inspired, huh, can I, pretty please? Karen Maslowski in Cincinnati |
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Whew! Good Site; And, My Summer Report (SewStorm)? Lily Abello had one of the very first sewing-only sites, and it has grown and grown. She is a goddess! And Cea, so are you! I had no idea that you did furniture, too, on top of all your other myriad talents. Can I come and get inspired, huh, can I, pretty please? Karen Maslowski in Cincinnati --- Gee, thanks, Karen blush. You're too kind---kudos from one goddess to another! G I've been inspired by your books, which helped me build my sewing business, so it's surely time to reciprocate. Sure, c'mon down to the beach, I'd love to host you! Bring a bathing suit, and you can get a tan, and help me stretch chair webbing, you lucky girl. What a vacation! Cea |
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way I swing a stapler and hammer, there is a lot of blood, sweat and tears in each project. There's also no fingernails to manicure, not ever. --- I can see you doing this, Cea; kind of like those pictures of the women who worked in the factories during the WWII, and that's a compliment! Blood, sweat, tears and a lot of determination. Your sewing room sounds like a lovely retreat. --- It's gotta be or I won't go in there.... --- Mine looks like the sweatshop it is. Pegboards on the wall, holding every sewing notion I think I might need when I'm sewing at midnight, and the fabric store is closed; open shelves with books and more notions in tins and boxes, pattern books filed on the floor under the industrial machine, 4 chairs awaiting reupholstery, piles of fabric and in-process projects everywhere, totes of tools for me to trip over (and I do). The walls are completely lined with 7 foot tall closed cabinets, which hold most of The Stash. I'd be embarrassed to show pics of The Sewing Pit. --- But then you have a business. I'm shamed to say if I had a business like you, my sewing room would look worse, because I get lazy. Having a room decorated nicely and small forces me to clean it up. --- I had to sell my antique drawing board, for reasons best left unsaid, and sure do miss it. Having a board is like leaving your machines set up--easier to find 20 minutes here and there to sketch or draw. --- See, this is what you need--a nice "right brain" respite from the ho-hum droneness that sewing gives us sometimes. It makes our creativity rebirth. |
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Cea says:
I'd be embarrassed to show pics of The Sewing Pit. And Beth replies: But then you have a business. Then Karen butts in: Back when I was putting together my talks on sewing for money, I had my husband trail around with me one day to several sewing friends' workrooms so he could photograph them for me. He wanted to clean them up, and I resisted, telling him I wanted the people in my classes to see "real workrooms", not fancied up versions, like in books (where all the clutter has merely been moved to an area out of view). Those slides were always the most popular part of my talk, and apparently gave countless people the heart to go on without worrying about their creative "mess". Karen Maslowski in Cincinnati |
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Something like the motto, "A clean desk is the sign of an idle mind" or
something like that. Emily |
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A clean desk is the sign of a sick mind!
-- Sugar & Spice Quilts by Linda E http://community.webshots.com/user/frame242 |
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The first (and only) word that came to my mind when reading
this was what the Cowardly Lion wanted in the Wizard of Oz-- "Courage". Creative messes are certainly welcome, only sometimes I wish I had the courage... SewStorm wrote: Cea says: I'd be embarrassed to show pics of The Sewing Pit. And Beth replies: But then you have a business. Then Karen butts in: Back when I was putting together my talks on sewing for money, I had my husband trail around with me one day to several sewing friends' workrooms so he could photograph them for me. He wanted to clean them up, and I resisted, telling him I wanted the people in my classes to see "real workrooms", not fancied up versions, like in books (where all the clutter has merely been moved to an area out of view). Those slides were always the most popular part of my talk, and apparently gave countless people the heart to go on without worrying about their creative "mess". Karen Maslowski in Cincinnati |
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On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 22:33:03 GMT, Beth Pierce wrote:
The first (and only) word that came to my mind when reading this was what the Cowardly Lion wanted in the Wizard of Oz-- "Courage". Creative messes are certainly welcome, only sometimes I wish I had the courage... Mine is currently less of a creative mess and more of a Mount Fuji of fabric, waiting to topple on explorers... Trish |
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