Sewing Hobby Renewed!

When I retired, I bought myself a basic Jenome sewing machine. I used to sew on and off. 
Remember crimpline?? I made a great pant suit with an pale blue embossed polyester crimpline that practically stood up by itself!! In fact, I used to sew quite a few clothes for myself. I loved blues, mauves and for my friend, Christine's wedding, I bought a lovely embossed organza and made a long puffy skirt and a fitted tailored blouse. I am certain that other people wondered why I was wearing a dress made out of what should have been hanging from a kitchen window. Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music must have inspired me to make my dress out of kitchen window curtain fabric. I thought I looked great!

There are grandbabies on the way in our neighborhood!

So, I am really enjoying sewing. There is such a great community of sewists (sewer is passe), and I love taking courses on line at Craftsy.com --giving me a chance to improve my technique.

But, I must say, while I sew, I hear the voice of my Home Ec teacher, Mrs. Embacher, a lovely German lady who taught us the basics of the sewing machine and had sewing. She had the patience of a saint. I remember a group of the girls trying to get her to say the word "Seersucker" because they thought it a little 'dirty'. She did not fall for it, but did not get angry, either. She was a great teacher. She must have been, as we only had classes with her once a week for about 8 weeks. But, all the solid basics I have, come from her. Yet, we have lost our Home Ec and Tech teachers in the Ontario Public Elementary Schools. What a shame!




The patience I have for sewing, is a result of having the time to sew, the family and friends to sew for, and a husband who makes supper without asking on the days sewing is going so well!!!!