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by pldc 01 Mar 2012 ( edited Mar 02'12 18:16 )
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Question Of the Day: How many years have you been sewing?

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by pldc 01 Mar 2012
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GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
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by cherylgauteng 01 Mar 2012
Feel the same most days :-)
by roberta 02 Mar 2012
31 years and still am learning something new all the time. Guess you're never too old to learn huh? Roberta
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by airyfairy 01 Mar 2012
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Too many!!!!
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by pldc 01 Mar 2012
NEVER!lol
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by starlite44 01 Mar 2012
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Oh my! I didn't realize it has been that long....41years!
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by pldc 01 Mar 2012
awesome
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by joyce500 01 Mar 2012
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About 65 yr. More if you count my little child's Singer machine. Joyce
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by pldc 01 Mar 2012
cool
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by louisecockeran 01 Mar 2012
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26 years,since I was 15yrs old I started in school my first project was an apron, but only 8 months embroidering with a machine. Hugs Louise
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by pldc 01 Mar 2012
oh welcome to the wonderful world of embroidery machines! I hope that you love it!do you still have it?
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by cherylgauteng 01 Mar 2012
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My Mom and Grannies started teaching me when I was 5. One Gran - hand embroidery, she was from Dublin, Ireland. The other Gran - tatting,crochet and simple patchwork (born in South Africa from a Dutch mother and German father) and my Mom taught me how to knit and use the sewing machine. They did NOT believe in idle hands. That makes 58 years now !!
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by pldc 01 Mar 2012
well that's good because you know what they say about idle hands! ststst.....you & me both!
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by lindalee757 01 Mar 2012
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hmmmm... not exactly sure-I think I was probably 8 or 9 when I made my 1st Barbie and baby doll clothes so that would make it approximately 46 yrs.--HOLY CAMOLY!! lol ~linda~
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by pldc 01 Mar 2012
only getting better
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by gerryvb 01 Mar 2012
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as long as I can remember
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by pldc 01 Mar 2012
your the best gerry Hugs Loralye
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by grandmamek 01 Mar 2012
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I have been sewing about 59 years! My goodness how time flies.
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by pldc 01 Mar 2012
only when it's fun!
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by mjdg 01 Mar 2012
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If I count helping my Grandma piece quilt squares, and hand embroidery.... 63 yrs.
If I count from the first garment I ever made.... 53 years.

MJDG
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by pldc 01 Mar 2012
oh that's sew cool having memories of sewing with your gramma
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by jenne 01 Mar 2012
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I don't remmber learning to sew, I was making doll clothes by the time I was in the third grade. I'll be 69 in March.
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by pldc 01 Mar 2012
wow that's terrific!
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by gerryb 01 Mar 2012
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Not counting home ec in high school, 46 yrs...got my first machine (Kenmore) right after my 1st child was born.
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by pldc 01 Mar 2012
cool! do you still have it
by gerryb 01 Mar 2012
No. A part broke & neither Sears or any repairman could get the part! Was that little curly thingy that you ran the thread thru & it couldn't work without that! That's when I got my first Viking.
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by rsehorse 01 Mar 2012
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At least 50 years. Can't really remember when I wasn't sewing something.
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by pldc 01 Mar 2012
ah I like that It is just as natural as breathing!
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by lique 01 Mar 2012
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We did some embroidery in school when I was 7 years old It was a pincushion in cross stitch (still use it 48 years later!)
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by pldc 01 Mar 2012
that's super!
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by cjmelm 01 Mar 2012
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50 years oh my I'm getting old...
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by pldc 01 Mar 2012
& better!
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by blueeyedblonde 01 Mar 2012
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Wow - knew it was a long time, but when you stop and think of how many yrs.--- 56yrs.
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by pldc 01 Mar 2012
awesome!
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by almag 01 Mar 2012
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About 72 years. Began when I was around 4 years old.
AlmaG.
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by pldc 01 Mar 2012
that's terrific Alma thanks for sharing Hugs Loralye
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by sandyqueen 01 Mar 2012
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I don't want to reveal my age but was in 4H at age 10.

S
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by pldc 01 Mar 2012
lol
by sandyqueen 02 Mar 2012
Me too. Lets say multiples of ??.

S
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by zoefzoef 01 Mar 2012
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7 months :-)
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by pldc 01 Mar 2012
wow good for you! I hope that you love it!
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by seamripper40 01 Mar 2012
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I sewed since I was little.


I sewed since I was alittle girl for my little pink plastic straight doll. If remember those, you are getting old. That's me. 70's lol
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by pldc 01 Mar 2012
yeh
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by caroldann 01 Mar 2012
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Well, since before I turned 16 and I'm going to be ???? in June, so that makes it about ???? years. Wow, that's a long time! Hehehe. Hugs..Carol
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by pldc 01 Mar 2012
you make me laugh every time Thanks Carol Hugs Loralye
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by mary51 01 Mar 2012
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I have been sewing since I was a little girl first I started making doll dresses,then making simple projects I took classes of pattern making I do not use it at all it is a lot easier to buy the pattern.
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by pldc 01 Mar 2012
that means you have been sewing how long?
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by pldc 01 Mar 2012
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I love it when my question of the day takes us down memory lane! Thanks ladies for sharing with us! Hugs Loralye
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by shirlener88 02 Mar 2012
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In actual years - or how young we were when we started and if we have sewn all those years?
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by blessed 02 Mar 2012
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Ive been sewing 43yrs but it does not seem that long
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by annafaye 02 Mar 2012
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I have been sewing 61 years my grandmother was a seamstress, but do you believe me when I say she never taught me a thing. Everything I know I learned in Home Economics or from my mother, isn't that funny. Mom was just a homemaker.
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by dilceia 02 Mar 2012
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50.
I started making doll clothes
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by anitapatch 02 Mar 2012
I also started with dollcloths. Has a younger sister. Have been sawing 50 years
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by mranderson 02 Mar 2012
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Geeeeeeeeeez this has made me think!!!!! Maybe about 60 years. Now that was hard to admit. LOL. Hugs Marg
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by joann13100 02 Mar 2012
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Since I was 12 on the sewing machine, since I was about 8 by hand....that's 42 years or 46 years.....
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by diamondfowler 02 Mar 2012
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started at 14 and now I'm 64 so I have make a lot of boo boos
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by aussiequilter 02 Mar 2012
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51years, I got my first machine when I was 8,,,it was a Singer treadle ,
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by knitty46 02 Mar 2012
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Been sewing since I was 13 in the 8th grade. Im 53 now. Been knitting and crochet since 10 years old.
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by nualaa 02 Mar 2012
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54years since I started school when I was 4 and the first year we had to learn how to sew and knit. I used to turn the sewing machine by hand when my mom was not looking. Gee that brings back memories.
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by mad14kt 02 Mar 2012
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36+ yrs ;D *2U
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by pinon 02 Mar 2012
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48 years, I started hand sewing at age 7, my mother let me on her machine (she never did much more than mend) when I was 9. Mom let me cut up old clothes for fabric.
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by sewfrenzie 02 Mar 2012
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25 plus, not sure exactly. I started sewing out of necessity so my children would have nice clothes and Halloween costumes, lol!
Diane
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by lehewj1 02 Mar 2012
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probably as long as I can remember... I'm 67 years old and I probably started sewing at the age of 12...and still am into it... Now I also got into embroidery about 6 years ago, and that makes it more interesting... don't quilt though, that is a posibility when I get tired of sewing and embroidery
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by queenofhearts 02 Mar 2012
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About 65 years. I started VERY young. First it was doll clothes, then clothes for me and then for my children. I sewed professionally for more than 35 years making custom made draperies. Now I sew for my own personal enjoyment. I got my first embroidery machine about 5 years ago. Sewing is woven into the fabric of my life, it is what makes me ME