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Clear the Cobwebs

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What is the biggest challenge you will face in the next six months?

This is not my house but it could be. For several years now, I’ve been trying to find the motivation to actually get rid of things. I’ve felt for years now that my things possess me rather than the other way around. My challenge is to not hang onto things.

There isn’t space in any closet. My garage walls are stacked high with storage bins. My bookshelves overflow and my sewing room is a catch all for anything I don’t know where to store it.

Creativity is stifled for me when my mind is cluttered with my mess. I want to be creative again. So it’s time to clear the cobwebs mentally and physically.

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So. Sew. 

Posted on by Dede

So, I love to sew. My daughter is wearing a Mary Poppins costume I made for her when she played Mary Poppins this past summer. 

My grandmother taught me to sew when I was about 11. During middle school, I made almost all of my clothes. I used an old treadle machine which had been converted to electric. All it could do was so straight, no reverse, no zigzag, nothing extra.

When I had children I sewed for them. Dresses, usually matching which I’m sure they hated, but I loved seeing them wearing my creations. I made halloween costumes. Drapes, pillows, valances, balloon shades anything for my home I wanted.

Then when my girls no longer wanted me to sew for them, I made costumes for my neighbors’ children. And now I have come full circle and I’m sewing for myself and my girls again.

Why sew when you can go buy something already made and sometimes even cheaper? Sewing is a creative outlet. I makes my mind work hard. I love seeing what I created. But most importantly, it connects me to generations of women before me who sewed, by hand, by machine, clothing for their families.

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See many bad habits

Posted on by Dede

  Today I had my first class from http://www.stitch labs.biz in Austin. I’ve seen for years but have acquired many bad habits. Bad habits in sewing and life. Working on changing bad sewing habits and bad life habits.