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  1. Congrats! The cushions look great – great enclosure too. This piece resonated with me. My sister taught me how to sew and like you I began with simple dresses and skirts. Have not made clothing in a long time but do sew home decorating things for my house – tablecloths, runners, window toppers, etc. Instead of making clothes I had turned to quilting. Haven’t done that either in awhile. I had found sewing to be a calming exercise for me. Happy sewing! PS: I always return to my Kenmore even though I have newer model machines.

  2. I’m impressed! They look great.

    I haven’t sewed anything since Home Ec class. I remember those liners; can’t remember the name but they were very hard to get right. The dress I made in Home Ec was yellow dotted swiss fabric – remember that?

  3. Boy, does your post bring back memories. I too loved to sew in my youth, beginning in junior high school and continuing thru the 70’s.

    I took many sewing classes in Palm Springs and even made my then husband an unlined polyester suit. We even learned to make our own patterns.

    I still have my orange Viking machine and a ton of fabric I bought and never used. One of these days . . .

    Thanks for the trip back in time. Oh! Was it a facing you were thinking of?

  4. That is it, Nancy! The armhole and neck facings. Wow – you made your own patterns. I’m impressed. I never got that far along. But I do tend to like to follow instructions instead of improvise.

  5. Congratulations, Marta! And thanks for the walk down memory lane.

    My paternal grandmother was an expert seamstress, and very patient with me with no natural talent.

    I took sewing through the 4-H when I was about 12 – our first project was a fringed headscarf (boring!), but by the end of the year I was making skirts (gathered, not pleated) and sleeveless blouses. I remember showing my stuff at the local county fair.

    I never really enjoyed sewing, though, and except for a few Halloween costumes for my daughter, happily put my 60s era sewing machine in the Goodwill pile many years ago.

    Thanks, Nancy, for providing the missing word.

    Judy

  6. Marta, your cushions look wonderful! And what a trip down memory lane. I also remember Home Ec classes very keenly — in Alberta, I think we had about 5 years of Home Ec. We learned some useful things, like sewing, but the cooking lessons were bizarre. Such as how to properly section a halved grapefruit, sprinkle it with coconut and broil. Why they thought this would be a useful dish, I don’t know.

  7. Hi Marta,
    Your sewing project came out lovely. Your post took me back to the days of sewing with my mom–such fond memories. It is funny, just this weekend we passed by some shops with some of the most amazing cloth and I briefly thought how wonderful it would be to start sewing again, but it was just a brief thought!

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