I became friends again with my sewing machine over the past couple of years; before that, it sat quietly in a closet in the laundry room, just waiting for its chance to become a beloved machine once again.
In the early years after I received the machine as a gift from my excellent seamstress mom and encourager dad, I set out on many an occasion to emulate the styles that graced the covers of various patterns I purchased. Each time I would start with enthusiasm only to run out of patience about mid-way through the project. So, to the closet the machine went to wait out my lack of interest and patience.
And that day came.
A couple of years ago, I pulled the machine out the closet, took it to a special area of the basement, set it up, plugged it in, and clicked on the light. As I looked over the various parts of the machine, it all came back to me--how to fill the bobbin, how to thread the machine, how to cut out a pattern. And it went beautifully from there; the love of sewing had arrived and the needed patience with it.
I'll be sharing my creations with you in this blog; hope you enjoy seeing what I've come up with, hearing about my goofs along the way, and also maybe finding some useful tips I discover along the way advantageous to your own sewing endeavors.
My heart belongs to the styles ranging the 25 years from 1940-1965. Most sewing projects will fall into this range. Occasionally a newer retro item will show up; that's what makes the whole process so much fun.
Hope you'll join me along the path of seams that leads to discovery of retro threads.
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