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Seamstress Leanne

Ring… Ring…

Me:  “Hello”

Caller:  “Hi. I’d like to know if my 3 suits and curtains are ready yet?”

Me:  “Yes. Come pick them up tonight”

Ha!! Now those were the kinds of phone calls my grandmother used to get. I would answer her phone in the afternoons. But I can say it’s very doubtful that I will ever be talented enough to get those kinds of calls.

I decided to revisit my sewing talents.  I used to sew quite a bit back in the 80’s.  I made blouses, skirts, dresses for me and my mom.  The garments were never award winning, but I had the honor of telling everyone that I made them myself.  As time went on, my life got busier and I let go of the hobby. I remember selling my old sewing machine at a garage sale and wondering as the new owner walked away with it if I had made a mistake or not.

But worry no more.  I lucked out in getting my new machine.  I purchased it through an airline mileage reward program.  It arrived last week and I couldn’t be more excited!  I picked up the sewing table for it at our neighborhood garage sale this weekend for $10 bucks.  What a deal.

I went to Joanne’s Fabrics this weekend to browse around for fabrics, patterns and ideas.  Oh my – the price of patterns have definitely skyrocketed since the 80’s.  I remember the average price being around $3 each. Not anymore.  The going rate per pattern was $15 – 17! Yikes!   Fortunately, the store was having a huge sale with all the McCall’s patterns on sale for $.99 each.  I purchased the maximum allowed – 10 patterns.  Note to self – keep an eye out for those kinds of sales.  Whoa!

I’m ready to start my first project.  I bought three different fabrics – all really pretty in the violet/fuchsia/blue color family.  You can be sure I’ll post something here on the outcome.

Mikita insists on being part of my new hobby.