How I got started with sewing

My first memory of sewing is trying—unsuccessfully—to hand-sew clothes for my Barbie dolls. I wasn’t very good at it, and honestly, it didn’t feel very promising.

Years later, while working at Walmart, I met my best friend, Rachel. She gifted me her Kenmore sewing machine, and for the first time, sewing felt doable. I learned how to sew squares… and successfully learned how to make quillows - and that was about it.

In the late 1990s, I became fascinated with Sunbonnet Sue appliqués. I made several, but somewhere along the way—during a move or maybe a yard sale—I lost them. Those were difficult years, and sewing quietly slipped out of my life.

Around 2011, my aunt Dagmar introduced me to April L., and everything changed. April re-sparked my interest in sewing, and I took a class with her where I completed a row-by-row quilt—my very first quilt "here". From that moment on, I was hooked, and I’ve been sewing ever since. Thank you, April, for being a great teacher!

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