When I was probably four I got a rag doll for Christmas, which I still have. I never went anywhere for long without her. Since I chewed on her hands I always needed someone to repair her fingertips. Eventually, at about seven, I was told I had to do it myself. So I learned to thread a needle, tie the knot, and do the stitches. Those bumpy stitches are still there and I'm 71. By the time I was eight I had a kit with a little doll and precut outfits which I often took to school with me and spent my recess sitting on the playground sewing with needle and thread. That was my idea of a fun time. Love your videos.
My first experience with sewing was was about 72 years ago. I was at my Grandmother's house. My little cousin was here from Boston. We lived in south Mississippi. Our grandmother gave us little squares of fabric with a needle and thread. It was such fun. It looked terrible but it started a love for quilting that has never died.
My Dad bought my mom a Necchi back in 1955 (I still have it). Mom didn't like to sew but my dad was an aircraft mechanic/restorer/inspector and he had upholstery experience. He made a slipcover for my headboard out of pink vinyl with gold haystack on it (I studied it for hours). He also made a upholstery cover with cording for the sewing machine cabinet, I studied that too. I was probably 4 years old when he made them. Your little granddaughter Josephine will remember these projects, done with you, until she is my age....66! Thanks for all your great videos...see you on the Sew Yeah channel.
I love scrap quilts. My first memory of sewing was when i was in 2nd grade. My mom got a test sewing machine from a salesman, and she made me the cutest dress. Mom had never sewn before. I still don't know what she did, but we could barely get the dress over my skinny little shoulders. We finally got it on, and I loved it. It was a disaster getting it back off and Mom threw the dress away and gave the sewing ma hine back to the salesman. But it gave me an early incentive to learn how to sew, and I did. I still enjoy sewing to this day, but quilting is a relatively new experience for me.
Like Pamela Hill, my first sewing experiences were high school, over 50 years ago. I made a whole outfit for myself as well, I was so tickled that I made my own children's holiday clothing every year and then I was introduced to quilting by my MIL who taught me and I loved it. Though I've definitely gained a lot of knowledge here... we use to tack quilts. It was the only way back in that day to get it done. Now, there are SO many options! I watch Angela Walters too, she's an awesome teacher. I've really enjoyed your videos and especially that sweet little grand baby. 🥰
I grew up watching my mom and her best friend make dresses for hire. It was a business so I watched from a distance. At age 15 I made a “pant suit” from green gingham seersucker! I was hooked and very proud. I have had many mentors along my sewing journey and I learned from each one. Today my daughter and I have a small quilt shop. I hand pick the binding on quilts for customers. Love your channel!
My 1st sewing memory is when I was about 5 years old I asked my mother how buttons got on clothes,She sewed on a button to show me. When I was about 9 I was sewing on a scrap of fabric ,I guess I was just practicing. My baby sister Started screaming. She had a needle stuck in her knee. I was blamed for it. My parents took her to the hospital. The needle was bent and it was working it's way out. It came out of her knee pretty easily,thank goodness. One of my sister's and I played with our great grandmothers singer treadle sewing machine when we were about 5/6 years old. I have many other sewing stories.
Wow...thank you for sharing Ramona💛 It's funny -my husband just found a needle in another room of the house this morning 😱 somehow those needles make there way out of the sewing room✅
Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful grand child with us. I'm at a stage in my life where I don't see or get a chance to spend time with small people. It brings back many memories of when my children and my grandchildren were growing up.
❤😊 How true is this, Very sad too hear your family don't realize what there missing, Putting a Prayers together for them all g o come visit and Enjoying Ur living Experiences, God Bless Sewing again ❤😊
My first sewing experience was in home ec. That was over 50 + years ago, I wish I could remember my teachers name, she was magnificent. She was very particular on procedures that she taught. I learned soooo much from her and fell in love with sewing. I never had a sewing machine to continue my sewing on until I had a daughter. I made her clothes and several special dresses as she grew. Then 40 years passed, I got the itch to sew again. I self taught myself quilting by watching you tube. It was instant love again. Each lesson I have learned something. By this time in my life I am retired and live on Social Security. Boy has material shoot up in price! Now I have the problem of affording material. But I still love sewing.
I started sewing barbie doll clothes at age 6. My Mom sewed and I asked her for a pattern to make my doll some clothes. She got one for me and didnt want to waste her good fabric, so she gave me a big piece of a sheet. Well it was white and I wanted some colors, so I asked if I could use some left over easter egg dye and dye my fabric. She helped me rip my fabric into 6 pieces and we dyed them. I think she was surprised at my interest. I made the clothes with her help, sewing by hand and fell in love. At age 9 or so she taught me to embroider because I asked to learn as I watched her. And I made my 1st quilt at age 11. A string quilt. I thought it was so cool to sew on the pieces of paper. She quilted it of coarse. Alot of good memories with my Mom.
I was about 6 years old. My mom taught me how to hand sew 2.5 inch squares into a doll crib quilt. I was hooked, the most awesome jigsaw puzzle!! Around age 8 she taught me to machine sew quilts. She taught me to tie them. I want to say, You rock! Love your real person teaching. I recently found your channel and have been binge watching. Keep up the great work!!!
My first experience sewing was when I was 10…..my mom had bought a new Singer and at that time 1950 sewing lessons were offered with the purchase, so she sent me and I’ve been sewing ever since, bless her, I am now 82
My first sewing memory is sitting under my Mama’s sewing machine while she was sewing and picking apart the threads of a square of fabric she gave me with a silver straight pin! I ended up making wedding dresses for a living as well as becoming an award winning quilter. Thank you Mama! Jean Colorado USA
I was 12 y.o. when Barbie Doll arrive in this world. But there was no clothing to go with her! So, I learned how to see princess dresses etc. And at 15 y.o., I did my first dress. And always sew all my life. I am 71 y.o.!!
My first sewing memory was sitting under my mother’s sewing machine while she was sewing for me. She had given me a square of fabric and a silver straight pin and I was taking that square apart one thread at a time! I ended up making wedding dresses for a living and becoming an award winning quilter ! Thank you Mama! Jean Colorado USA
I was 4yrs old sitting under the quilt frame my grandma and her 3 sisters sat on wooded stools around the frame. I watched as the needles came in and out. It was also my first paying job. All 4 ladies were quite hefty and whenever they dropped anything I handed it back and I got a penny. I’m 75 and that experience gave me a love of fabric and that gift was the beginning of a lifelong relationship with quilting. For the past 50 years I have made more quilts than I count, for every birth, birthdays, baptisms, marriages, and stacks of small size for the children involved in auto accidents who weren’t injured. My fireman and deputies kept them in their vehicles. Was such a satisfying experience. Fabrics are my therapy. Thank you for your shows.
My mother made my dresses, so to save her time, she taught my to do the hemming. So once. I learned Hemming, I went to embroidery and from there as time came and went, I took homeck in school and next came making my clothes. Got married and started making garments for they family. I even made matching western shirts for my husband and myself. If anything had thread involved I did it. Thank you for your videos.
Well first that granddaughter- How precious. She’s gorgeous! Now to the quilting. Thank you for this video. I am new to quilting and free motion is so intimidating to me. Love the Crumb Quilt. The binding hack was a true game changer. Thank you. God Bless you and sweet baby girl.
Your quilt turned out very pretty. I love the fabric that you used for the binding. I want some of it. Baby Josephine is really cute. Maybe you could put a highchair next to you and put her in it and give her some scraps to play with. She could hand them to you while you crumb quilt. She would probably have a good time doing that. I want to teach the little ones in my family how to sew and quilt. I have a 9 year old nephew and a 2 year old niece and a 5 year old great niece. I plan on teaching all of them.
Little Josie will be a great helper when she can sit still long enough LOL😂 She always sees my sewing..she hangs out in my sewing room with me when I watch her💛
❤😊 I'm dating myself, My first experience was watching my Grams, she sewed everything, such beautiful work details with foot pumping peddle, she made everything oh goodness detIl in our tops, Jammies, curtains, washing towels, her details in hand sewing, just Beautifully!! Grams, she even embroidery by hand, uffta my hands ack at the thought, that was her gift, she was good, I still hv a few of her itemsshe made Me!! I loved watching her, I didn't hv the leg or ankle strength too pump her foot peddle, Grams told Me I will grow too lov her machine, I replied hope not... she taught Me hand stitch, and Embroidery oh I couldn't get enough ❤😊 Been over 20+ years I gave all my sewing stuff away, I can not get over how much it all cost today, I will purchase just checking on which machine I really want too focus and purchase... Oh Tracy Loving all Ur Creatively Creating, Keep Rocking Life Beautifully ❤😊 And Joy's too Ur Growing Families, Granddaughter will treasure all your Beauties, I still do, Mine was very talented, sharing Joy's in all!! ❤😊
When I was 5 years old my mom taught me to embroider. As a child and a young teen I did needlepoint and perfected my embroidery. I ended up going to fashion school at my mom's urging where I sewed clothes for many years. When my dear m other passed away I stopped sewing. I couldn't go near my sewing machine without bursting into tears. My mom was my biggest fan. A few years passed and I found a DIY on TV and saw a quilting show. I fell in love with quilting and I have been quilting since 2003. I make quilts, bags and recently I started sewing clothes for my granddaughters and for me. My 5 year old granddaughter is now getting sewing lessons from me.
When I was in the fourth grade my grandmother said I was too old to play with Barbie dolls. Instead of playing with my Barbie dolls I began to make them clothing sewn by hand. Later after my children were born I began to learn to sew with a sewing machine. I bought a combination sewing machine / embroidery machine a began to to quilt. I love crazy patchwork quilting!
My earliest experience in sewing is when I was in high school I took sewing classes and my teacher helped me make my whole outfit that I got my senior pictures taken in and I was so proud because you see we were pretty poor and the only way I got to buy the fabric and do it was because it was for my class project. I still look at that picture with pride.
I started sewing by making dresses for my dolls. I was about 11 years. Then start to make my own clothes from early high school. From there always making something. All my daughters clothes and now lots of things for my grand kids. Started quilting about ten years ago. Love it!
My grandfather was a quilter. He sewed all by hand. I loved to watch, he threaded tons of needles and they were put in pin cushions all in a row so it looked like a curtain. My mother was a seamstress and had her own business. She sat me down at age 6 and taught me to sew. I have never looked back. I had three sisters, we all know how to sew and do in our own way.
I love your "Crumb Quilting" videos - all of them actually. I learnt so much. I am very new to quilting. Your granddaughter Josephine is so adorable. those big brown eyes. It was only a week ago I was minding your newest granddaughter, 13 months old, she too was sitting on my knee whilst I was sewing. It is never too young to learn. Your quilt is really lovely, so too is your free motion quilting. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for sharing your love of sewing with your Granddaughter. Most adults don't want to be bothered with children. If they are old enough to show an interest, please feed their interest. When they start asking questions, always tell them the truth. Your Granddaughter has beautiful eyes.
My earliest sewing memory was in junior high in home ec class. My mother was a seamstress by trade and when I would bring my project home to work on it, she would make me rip it out and do it over and over until it was right. This actually deterred me from most sewing for years. I didn't quilt until all my kids were grown and out of the house. During their growing up, I did sew some of their clothes, in fact I made my then 6 year old daughter a dress with apron, completely with hand sewing as I did not have a sewing machine at the time.
Hi Tracy, Your quilt turned out beautifully. ❤️❤️❤️ I fmq too. Actually, the quilting step is what made me want to start making quilts to begin with. 😆😂🤣 I love that step. I really didn’t do much practice, basically I began quilting on my quilts. I think a larger surface to quilt on improves muscle memory pretty fast. I know you’ll keep up the good work. Your grand daughter stole the show! She’s precious isn’t she. ❤️❤️❤️ We’re about to meet our great granddaughter, can you believe that! OMG, I love babies so much. 😁🥰❤️ Take care and have fun playing with your adorable little baby girl! Chris-Raleigh NC
Oh Tracy, Laura on Sew Very Easy, a few shows back did a spotlight on “Grandma’s Secret Wrinkle Remover” with a link on Amazon. Well, I ordered some immediately and it does work, even on those folded up fat quarters I bought three years ago..!👏👏👏👍 You may have seen it but if not, it’s really worth buying. Chris
*_I agree Chris...FMQ is a favorite of mine too💛 I think I really need to focus on pebbles and making them the same...it's soooooo hard to do! Congrats on your soon to be great grandbaby! I am in love with my granddaughter.❤️..she is soooooo sweet too!_*
Beautiful granddaughter! Important memories being made. Love the tutorial! My mother used to made all of our clothes, four girls and one boy stuck in the middle. There were flour sack outfits for the little girls summer play clothes someone would give her. There were loads of hand me downs she would rework so they fit me that once belonged to an older cousin. I learned to so on my mother’s black, straight stitch Singer when making y first 4-H skirt. I think that was 3 yards all the way around the hem. If I got a stitch off she made me rip it out and start the entire 3 yard hem again. I don’t recommend having you 8 or 9 year old to do this as they might be like me and say things like “ I hate to sew”! “I will never sew!” “When I grow up I am going to buy all my clothing at a store!” I now own 7 sewing machines & serger. Included in the machines is a treadle machine, an old black Singer, and a Dream Machine. Lol, joke turns out was on me!!
I learned to sew while sitting on my grandma’s knee. She would pedal (my legs too short to reach the pedal) and help me guide pieces of fabric under the needle. I still hear her saying to me “watch your finger, don’t get it under the needle”! Very shortly after, grandma upgraded her pedal machine to an electric sewing machine. My mom also got an electric machine at that time. I learned to hem as my mom was making flannelette diapers, then little gowns, for my baby sister.
My granddaughter and grandson having a blast sewing on chair lap with me. Their 7 going on 8 and 4 1/2 yrs of age. So adorable how interested learning to sew. We're making scrap fabric. Learning with you. Ty my grandkids watch along with me
I learned hand sewing from my mother from about the age of six, using embroidery needles and looseweave sacking, etc, and by 12, I was sewing rag dolls, and the clothes, with scraps from my mother's Bit Bin, and sewing my teenage pals bras to fit properly. I hand sewed a small lap quilt with hexagons for my grandmother, but I didn't start using a machine til about 16 on an old motorised singer, and made quite a few projects. Then life sort of got in the way when I married and was working a lot. When I started having my children, I was given a second hand sewing machine by a lady I used to shop for, and I made a proper quilt for my first daughter when I was 26...I still have it 32 years later.
What a beautiful little girl, hope she fallows in Grans shoes....Thank you for putting up these video's, I took up quilting in my 60's ,then hubby took ill & I had to look after him & had no time for quilting. , after he passed I had no desire anymore, for a few months I did get back into it but it just didn't feel he same. . 2 years ago I moved to a senior apt; complex & last Sept another lady was looking for someone to quilt with, I joined her & we made 12 quilts for a special project & I've doing some for myself. now I have to urge to quilt again. in my middle 80's thank you for your great video's .I'm learning a lot that I had forgotten; how to do some things .
I have been sewing for 50 years.i have sew doll clothes, my clothes, my first quilt I sew and hand quilt was 19 years ago.the pass 3 years I have a lot of Guniea Pigs Midwest Blanket Cage liners. and tunnels, cuddles sack, peedpads. but now I got back in to sew quilting blocks. I have a lot of left over scared fleece to made a 9 patch quilt .I love sewing.thank you ❤
I remember the elderly lady that babysat me when I was 3 years old. She would hand baste all her dresses together before she sewed them together. My job was ripping out the basting stitches. Then she would have the ladies over and they would sit around the quilting frame hand quilting quilts. I am reminded of those days often and wish I was more attentive.
My first experience was in Home Economics…..wow our teacher had no patience with many of us and spent most of her time with the star students. She told me that her 8 yr old granddaughter could sew better than me. But I picked it up again when I was married and had 2 daughters. I made lots of summer dresses for them and so enjoyed the process. ( my momma made many clothes for me growing up.) As our girls got older I stopped sewing until I made my 1$ quilt by hand. 2023 will have me making my first scrappy quilt. Can’t wait, but first I have to heal from shoulder surgery.😊
Oh Tracy, I love this video so much and Josephine is adorable! Another up and coming quilter, I'm sure! I happen to live with My daughter, son in law and my 2 yr old Granddaughter and she's been helping Me at the sewing machine since she was 1- She loves to push the scissor button for me to cut my threads, she always inthe craft room with Me and loves when I give her a stack of fat quarters to play with, lol she covers the dog bed and her dolls with them! She is such a Blessing as You've also been Blessed with Josephine! Thank You so much for Sharing and BTW I love Laura's technique for the binding, sew very easy, lol! True!!
My earliest sewing memory is making dolly clothes with my mum probably about 4 or 5yrs old, my earliest quilting memory is trying to teach myself patchwork ages about 13yrs that piece is now a full size quilt cover all hand stitched onto an old sheet crazy quilt style. It took me about 30 years off and on to finish it completely so I could use it. I’m still working on it occasionally to repair the worn out embroidery silks I used and patch the wear holes with new fabric. It’s packed with memories with scraps from my childhood clothes that my mum made to scraps from clothes I made for my own children. It’s about 50 years since I started it and the colours fade a little more with each wash but I still smile when I put it on the bed.
My first sewing experience was at age 10. I loved fabric and collected scraps from different people. My grandmother saw me trying to hand stitch fabric scraps into dolls clothes and she gave me her knee operated Singer and showed me how to use it. I made dolls clothes and rag dolls and did hems and mending. I remade some of my mother's skirts to fit me. When I was 14 my mother paid for a sewing course, two hours a day on five days. That was the first time I bought fabric and a pattern. I made a horrible apricot dress with huge puffed sleeves and I never wore it. But I have made all my clothes since then and I am almost 75 now. I do not use patterns anymore - I prefer to design as I go and my clothes are usually loose and casual. I still love fabric. When I was having babies I made quilts and patchwork quilt covers for the family and some for sale, but had to put quilting aside for about 30 years while the family was growing and I was working. In those years I made stage costumes, and sets and props and curtains, mini quilts and patchwork cushions. Now I have 5 grandchildren, a grandson in law and 1 great grandson and I am making quilts for them all. Crazy, colourful, fun quilts - I don't do pattens. Only two more to go and those will be string quilts for sisters. I am going to attempt quilt as you go because quilting a big piece is just too much for me now I am looking foward to learning this new technique. I will look at your pool noodles tomorrow.
I enjoyed this series more than any I've seen......Magnificent!!!!! Both the quilt and little Josephine is absolutely beautiful!!!♥ Her dark eyes are so mesmerizing ♥ I began my quilting journey 8 months ago at the age of 72. I don't know what took me so long to experience the joy it gives me when giving a quilt to one of the Great Grandchildren, or to a lonely elderly person for a birthday gift♥ Love your videos Tracy.............Thank you for your expertise and time to help us.♥
When I was ten, my Grandmother placed a shoe box with cotton squares between us and showed me how to hand piece them. Grandma always had a quilt frame setup, and the fabric was left over from the clothes, aprons, curtains she made. Quilting is now my passion, and I still have quilts my Gran made. Carol
My earliest memories were of my mom pulling down the quilt frame mounted on eye hooks in the ceiling. she would measure to be sure it was square and then mount the sandwich on the frame. She quilted all by hand. Working with her, I helped finish my son's baby quilt. It is now with my great grandson, fifty plus years later.❤
Every time Josephine’s little face peaked around the corner of the screen, she made me smile. What a cute and happy baby😘 You can tell she loves her grandma to pieces.
This quilt is absolutely gorgeous. Your Grand baby is so beautiful! I really enjoyed this, so thank you so much for sharing! There are so few people that I am familiar with that are in to sewing/quilting! Somehow it is encouraging and comforting.
I made my first dress in Home Ec, when I was a freshman in 1969. I didn't like sewing, even though I was very proud of the dress. I didn't sew again until about 8 years ago. I started quilting. Now it's my favorite hobby.
I have just discovered your channel and have fallen in love with your style of teaching. You present things in such a manner that it makes me feel that I should go ahead and try it. I loved to see your beautiful little grandbaby in the sewing room with you. Such a momentous moment of Josephine and Grandma attaching on the binding together. You must write it down for her Momma to record the date of when you and her shared your first few stitches together. You have taught me so much in just a few videos. Thanks so much and keep ir coming.
My first quilting experience was in high school where I made a quillow. I’m currently 63 years old and quilt every single day. For binding I find it show much easier to sew the binding on the backside then flip it over to the front sewing very close to the edge. There are times when your stitches do show on the back but at least you’ll know it’s always going to be caught. Truly enjoy your videos!
Josephine is adorable!!! She is perfect and I am sure she will love being in mimi's sewing room. I have 9 grandchildren and they loved going to the craft room and grabbing a seat and always asking Grammy what are we gonna craft today??the boys or girls didnt matter, they all loved coming to grammy and pa's house and helping Pa out side and Grammy in her crafting room after a bath and dinner. my fondest memories of my darling grandchildren. By the way my kids were the same way lets help Mom out in her craft room. the quilt is great!! I am inspired by how you give me some idea to think about and try out. God Bless
My mom started her sewing business on a Treadle Sewing Machine, years and years ago...I fell asleep listening to the whirr of it, as she sewed in her bedroom across the hall from mine; I started to learn to sew on her treadle making Barbie clothes...then started to sew in HomeEc in Grade 8; I stopped after Gr. 12 Home Ec...but then started to quilt in 2000 when I had young children of my own...still quilting!
My earliest sewing experience was in junior high. Our project(s) were to make a gym bag and an apron. Because of our teacher I don't think I would have finished the projects..but I learned "how to" later in life.
My first sewing experience was when I was about six years old. I starting making clothes for my dolls. I would lay the dolls on the fabric and cut around them and then stitch it together. In the process of hand stitching them, I would stitch them onto my clothing. LOL would have to start dewing it all over again. LOL
Tracy, you're the best! I have learned so much from you. This free motion video is fantastic! I have a crumb quilt almost done. I'll try to quilt it myself after watching this video. We need a baby cameo EVERY video. She is beautiful. I don't have any grandchildren yet.🤞
*_Thank you Patti for such kind feedback💜You definitely need to try free motion quilting your quilt yourself...it really is sooooooo much fun! My Josephine is with me so much that she is sure to pop in again haha😂_*
I did smile watching Josephine help you sew! I also seemed to miss several spots of catching the binding on the back side. What has helped me is using glue to hold the binding down instead of clipping. Press the glue to dry it, so it doesn’t gum up the needle. Problem solved! I especially enjoyed watching your free motion quilting on the fly. I think it turned out great!
That is a good idea, to do the freemotion quilting on a wide border !! It saves you from the hardest thing (i think) in FMQ, the bulk under the throat of the machine. Thanks Tracey. Again!!
Hand sewing tiny dolls clothes with my nanna around 4 to 5 years old -made out of rags and tissues….and later dolls clothes with paper and anything I could find. I love your videos…thank you.Also love your sense of humour thank you…very funny and clever xx
At 4 yeas old, I’d seen my mom sewing for hours. I wanted to sew! When she went outside to hang out clothes, I sat at the sewing with a piece of cloth, pushes it through the place where the needle was stitching. Look, I’m sewing! BUT my middle finger was in the way and the needle went through it. Yelping, I jerked my finger away. Needle was still in it. Mom came in and cared for my injured finger. No fussing just tender care and chuckles later. . She did let me push cloth though very slowly every once in a while after that.
My mom gave me her old singer sewing machine and the fabric samples that came in the mail. I remember sewing them together for Barbie doll quilts. I was about 8.
Your teaching style makes me wish you were my neighbor! And that baby is the sweetest! This really started my day out in the best possible way. Thank you.
I was 3, and I used a huge sharpe with a large eye. Black thread, doubled was what held my project tog. It was a tube of fabric, that became a dress for my babydoll. I was hooked!!! Nearly sixty years later, I still feel like the short video of the young girl who types over her video with ‘SEWING!’ instead of ‘CORN!’ I. The song.
My earliest and most fondest memory of quilting is sitting on the floor under a wooden quilting frame that is surrounded by my grandmother and her friends. My job was to play quietly until someone needed a needle threaded 🪡.
My first sewing experience happened at 9yearz old. A sewing class at a YMCA using a treadle machine. Now 68 and still at. Loved your Rose quilt ND the Cathredal Window
Im inot a quilter, Im a bag maker but I've been wanting to incorporate qulted panels onto bags. I REALLY LEARNED A LOT from this series. Thank you so much.
Your quilt is absolutely beautiful!!!: Thank you for Your inspiring videos. They help me so much! My Ella grandma's future quilter used to love helping grandma sew. Now 11, Ella is sewing small projects. Her most recent project was a couple of easy burp cloths for her baby çousin.
As 11 or 12 year old farm girl I cut up clothes my mother had stored in our grain barn to make my own shorts and dresses on her pedal singer. I was always fascinated watching her sew and for some reason I was not scolded for cutting up her old clothes which began my sewing journey.
I don't remember when I began sewing!! I sewed many clothing items beginning when I was a teen, then clothes for my boys and items for our home. I quilted off and on for many years, but more regularly since the grandkids began arriving, deciding to sew each one their own baby quilt. I machine pieced and hand quilted. With 11 grands arriving in the last 11 years, it's kept me busy!! But the quilting bug had taken hold!! Hubby graciously purchased a new machine to make FMQ possible. I'm just a beginner, but I try to practice a lot!! I've made a bunch of potholders as practice squares. 😂 But I want to try your practice FMQ quilt to improve. This last Christmas, at what I call Cousin Camp the granddaughters each made an easy potholder. I have a couple of them that already show an interest in sewing and quilting 😁
My first "sewing" adventure was with one of those hot pad looms using the stretchy loops. Hope I described it correctly. Anyway, I would make those and my mother would stitch the edges on her machine so they'd be even. I learned more sewing in junior high, and more advanced in high school. I remember making a gym bag, A-line lined skirt and a "shift". During senior year I made a formal for the prom, which I didn't attend LOL. In college I majored in Home Economics...they don't have that any more unfortunately....one class taught us how to design our own patterns etc. I didn't really quilt until after I got married and made baby quilts for my kids plus crib bumpers, matching curtains, stuffed animals etc. Now I make lots of quilts....love your quilting in this video. My adventure in free motion quilting is much the same...trying new techniques (yes, love Angela Walters's stuff!). Love your videos!!
I can’t tell you how much I loved 🥰 this tutorial!! For so many reasons!!! Awesome Awesome Awesome 🤩 And OMGosh ❣️What and absolutely adorable granddaughter 💖💝💖💝
I learned to sew in jr high school as part of home ec although I watched my aunt sew for years and was fascinated! I loved home ec ... my first project was an apron! I kept taking sewing classes, even in college. One of my first jobs was working in wardrobe in a local theater. I had been an usher, but one day they needed sewing help backstage and I volunteered! I became the theater's wardrobe mistress for several years.
I remember making a dress for my doll by hand when i was little. My parents bought me a new basic singer sewing machine for my birthday. I have sewn for over 50 years now and made so many things from dresses to furnishing fabric dolls and of course patchwork and quilting. I always have projects on the go and often give things away as i dont have room to keep them all. Thanks mum and dad it was the best present I ever had.
My earliest sewing was making a two layer receiving blanket of flannel that was blanket stitched to bond it. Boy turning edge as under was hard to do and the getting the blanket stitch even was a pain. My mom loved it and it was his favorite blanket. What a surprise.
I saw one of those antique crazy quilts in a Better Homes and garden book- it had gold-ish looking had stitching on some of the pieces- ** earliest quilt experience- I could have been 8. We were visiting friends ( native Cherokee ) the ladies were all sitting around a quilt frame made of PVC pipe- hanging from the ceiling- they invited me to hand 🤚 stitch a small square- they were pretty Fast- - fun day - took forever-!
I was in middle school, and my sewing teacher helped me make bib-overalls, brown corduroy with black train tracks. My favorite, wore at least every week to school.
my first sewing memory w visiting my grandmother She kept a basket of odds and ends of all kinds for the grandchildren to play with one visit there was a scrap of a wool jersey knit in a berry and black -colored print I loved the softness, the fluidity and the drape-- it was like flowing water. when I was older my mother let me mend the childrens' (six of us!) play clothes I had a ball using every color of thread she had and all the fancy stitches on her machine I didn't know why she didn't want me to touch my Dad's clothes this was a great way for me to get comfortable with the sewing machine before I took sewing in home ec
I watched the basting video and had wondered how soon you need to quilt it. Now I know. My first sewing experience I think was in Jr. High home ec class. I made a bean bag frog, then a denim jumper dress. My mom sewed me some skirts, but I don't remember her showing me how to sew. Your FMQ looks great! Your granddaughter is so beautiful. You're fortunate that you get to live close by her.
Love this…..thanks for the tips! I learned how to sew, sewing for my Barbie Doll. I was very young and had to hand sew the clothes. I think this is why I love hand quilting! Lol…..but am going to try free motion quilting because of your video. When I started sewing on a machine I learned that my seam ripper was a best friend! 😊
My earliest sewing experience was working the treadle on my mothers machine in the early fifties. She was a seamstress and when later I used to get sewing homework from school she could not bear to let me go in with my rather poor efforts so overnight my various projects turned into triumphs!!! I am sure the teacher knew it was not my work. As a result I developed into what i would describe as a "bread and butter" machinist and only came to quilting in my late 60's so plenty to learn. Free motion quilting has so far defeated me but one of these days I will risk all on a proper quilt especially having seen the tip about using a dry marker and vinyl I saw in one of your other videos.
Great information, thanks so much! My best sewing memory was my Mama’s mother sewing matching shorts and tops for my aunt - 10 and me - 9. She taught me you can use any kind of fabric you have on hand. She used flour sacks for the shorts and towels from laundry detergent boxes ( anyone remember those?😄) for the tops! All my aunts and both grandmothers and my mama sewed, so I have some great memories….
I made my FIRST quilt EVER, last year. I made a crazy quilt (not using blocks) to commemorate crazy 2020-2021. I used some clothing from my loved ones plus scraps and fat quarters. So FUN!!
Thanks for the great video, Tracy! I had to laugh at your Angela Walters’ video references re: free-motion quilting. I’ve been watching those same videos recently and have even gone as far as printing out the tutorial tip sheets on all the different patterns. Great minds!!! I also went online and found a “ribbon candy” image and have printed out a few pages so I can get the muscle memory part of it down before actually trying it on the machine. These past few years I’ve watched countless quilt making and free-motion videos, but have never be able to do so yet. Now that I’m in a physically healthy state again, I can finally try quilt patterns and free-motion quilting. Your video was like an answered prayer to boost my confidence to eventually try doing this. Angela Walters is a pro, but I really needed someone like you to eliminate the intimidation aspect. I really liked how your quilt turned out and the binding material was an amazing find! I completely agree that Laura Coia’s binding tutorial from Sew Very Easy is the best binding tutorial out there. (You and I must be subscribed to all the same TH-cam channels. LOL!) Thanks again for your timely and well documented videos!!!! LOVE your channel and always look forward to your videos!!! BTW: Your granddaughter (and future quilter) is absolutely adorable! Her quilting muscle memory will no doubt be well established before she’s old enough to write her name. 😁
*_Dori..."sew very easy" does have great tutorials for sure....I totally think you are ready to start free motion quilting!!!! Try it first on a quilt that you don't really care if it gets too messed up.(it will probably end up being your fav quilt haha). Thank you as always for being such a great support to my channel....I appreciate it very much💜_*
I've watched this video twice and it is on my list to watch again. (Not just to see that lovely Josephine!) I am trying to keep it in my brain, to absorb the lessons. Thanks, Tracy.
I remember going with my mom when I was 7 years old to my maw maw's house and my she had other ladies and her sister's there and we all went into the Livingroom and from the ceiling they let down this big square and put a quilt on it and they all had a needle and thread in hand and started sewing on the quilt as they were talking. My Aunt asked if I wanted to try and as a kid you knew I did and from that moment on I loved to sew. My paw paw said it looked and sound just like the hen house.. lol
When I was probably four I got a rag doll for Christmas, which I still have. I never went anywhere for long without her. Since I chewed on her hands I always needed someone to repair her fingertips. Eventually, at about seven, I was told I had to do it myself. So I learned to thread a needle, tie the knot, and do the stitches. Those bumpy stitches are still there and I'm 71. By the time I was eight I had a kit with a little doll and precut outfits which I often took to school with me and spent my recess sitting on the playground sewing with needle and thread. That was my idea of a fun time. Love your videos.
*_You have great memories Grandy Mommy! Thanks for sharing 💛_*
My first experience with sewing was was about 72 years ago. I was at my Grandmother's house. My little cousin was here from Boston. We lived in south Mississippi. Our grandmother gave us little squares of fabric with a needle and thread. It was such fun. It looked terrible but it started a love for quilting that has never died.
My Dad bought my mom a Necchi back in 1955 (I still have it). Mom didn't like to sew but my dad was an aircraft mechanic/restorer/inspector and he had upholstery experience. He made a slipcover for my headboard out of pink vinyl with gold haystack on it (I studied it for hours). He also made a upholstery cover with cording for the sewing machine cabinet, I studied that too. I was probably 4 years old when he made them. Your little granddaughter Josephine will remember these projects, done with you, until she is my age....66! Thanks for all your great videos...see you on the Sew Yeah channel.
*_Wow sounds like your dad did a great job too💜Thank you for sharing your memories Chrystal💛_*
I love scrap quilts. My first memory of sewing was when i was in 2nd grade. My mom got a test sewing machine from a salesman, and she made me the cutest dress. Mom had never sewn before. I still don't know what she did, but we could barely get the dress over my skinny little shoulders. We finally got it on, and I loved it. It was a disaster getting it back off and Mom threw the dress away and gave the sewing ma hine back to the salesman. But it gave me an early incentive to learn how to sew, and I did. I still enjoy sewing to this day, but quilting is a relatively new experience for me.
Like Pamela Hill, my first sewing experiences were high school, over 50 years ago. I made a whole outfit for myself as well, I was so tickled that I made my own children's holiday clothing every year and then I was introduced to quilting by my MIL who taught me and I loved it. Though I've definitely gained a lot of knowledge here... we use to tack quilts. It was the only way back in that day to get it done. Now, there are SO many options! I watch Angela Walters too, she's an awesome teacher. I've really enjoyed your videos and especially that sweet little grand baby. 🥰
I grew up watching my mom and her best friend make dresses for hire. It was a business so I watched from a distance. At age 15 I made a “pant suit” from green gingham seersucker! I was hooked and very proud. I have had many mentors along my sewing journey and I learned from each one. Today my daughter and I have a small quilt shop. I hand pick the binding on quilts for customers. Love your channel!
Your “pant suit” out of green gingham seersucker sound lovely💚 Thank you for supporting my channel ...I appreciate Renee🌸
My 1st sewing memory is when I was about 5 years old I asked my mother how buttons got on clothes,She sewed on a button to show me. When I was about 9 I was sewing on a scrap of fabric ,I guess I was just practicing. My baby sister Started screaming. She had a needle stuck in her knee. I was blamed for it. My parents took her to the hospital. The needle was bent and it was working it's way out. It came out of her knee pretty easily,thank goodness. One of my sister's and I played with our great grandmothers singer treadle sewing machine when we were about 5/6 years old. I have many other sewing stories.
Wow...thank you for sharing Ramona💛 It's funny -my husband just found a needle in another room of the house this morning 😱 somehow those needles make there way out of the sewing room✅
Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful grand child with us. I'm at a stage in my life where I don't see or get a chance to spend time with small people. It brings back many memories of when my children and my grandchildren were growing up.
*_It was my pleasure to share a bit of my life💛_*
❤😊 How true is this, Very sad too hear your family don't realize what there missing, Putting a Prayers together for them all g o come visit and Enjoying Ur living Experiences, God Bless Sewing again ❤😊
My first sewing experience was in home ec. That was over 50 + years ago, I wish I could remember my teachers name, she was magnificent. She was very particular on procedures that she taught. I learned soooo much from her and fell in love with sewing. I never had a sewing machine to continue my sewing on until I had a daughter. I made her clothes and several special dresses as she grew. Then 40 years passed, I got the itch to sew again. I self taught myself quilting by watching you tube. It was instant love again. Each lesson I have learned something. By this time in my life I am retired and live on Social Security. Boy has material shoot up in price! Now I have the problem of affording material. But I still love sewing.
I started sewing barbie doll clothes at age 6. My Mom sewed and I asked her for a pattern to make my doll some clothes. She got one for me and didnt want to waste her good fabric, so she gave me a big piece of a sheet. Well it was white and I wanted some colors, so I asked if I could use some left over easter egg dye and dye my fabric. She helped me rip my fabric into 6 pieces and we dyed them. I think she was surprised at my interest. I made the clothes with her help, sewing by hand and fell in love. At age 9 or so she taught me to embroider because I asked to learn as I watched her. And I made my 1st quilt at age 11. A string quilt. I thought it was so cool to sew on the pieces of paper. She quilted it of coarse. Alot of good memories with my Mom.
Those are precious memories Sharon🧡thanks for sharing 💛
I’m watching this in thanksgiving evening, while resting. That should tell you something dear Tracy.
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I was about 6 years old. My mom taught me how to hand sew 2.5 inch squares into a doll crib quilt. I was hooked, the most awesome jigsaw puzzle!!
Around age 8 she taught me to machine sew quilts. She taught me to tie them.
I want to say, You rock! Love your real person teaching.
I recently found your channel and have been binge watching.
Keep up the great work!!!
My first experience sewing was when I was 10…..my mom had bought a new Singer and at that time 1950 sewing lessons were offered with the purchase, so she sent me and I’ve been sewing ever since, bless her, I am now 82
My first sewing memory is sitting under my Mama’s sewing machine while she was sewing and picking apart the threads of a square of fabric she gave me with a silver straight pin! I ended up making wedding dresses for a living as well as becoming an award winning quilter. Thank you Mama! Jean Colorado USA
I was 12 y.o. when Barbie Doll arrive in this world. But there was no clothing to go with her! So, I learned how to see princess dresses etc. And at 15 y.o., I did my first dress. And always sew all my life. I am 71 y.o.!!
The sweetest words I ever heard were on my granddaughter's 10th birthday: "Grandma, will you teach me how to sew?"
I love that❤️
My first sewing memory was sitting under my mother’s sewing machine while she was sewing for me. She had given me a square of fabric and a silver straight pin and I was taking that square apart one thread at a time! I ended up making wedding dresses for a living and becoming an award winning quilter ! Thank you Mama! Jean Colorado USA
I was 4yrs old sitting under the quilt frame my grandma and her 3 sisters sat on wooded stools around the frame. I watched as the needles came in and out. It was also my first paying job. All 4 ladies were quite hefty and whenever they dropped anything I handed it back and I got a penny. I’m 75 and that experience gave me a love of fabric and that gift was the beginning of a lifelong relationship with quilting. For the past 50 years I have made more quilts than I count, for every birth, birthdays, baptisms, marriages, and stacks of small size for the children involved in auto accidents who weren’t injured. My fireman and deputies kept them in their vehicles. Was such a satisfying experience. Fabrics are my therapy. Thank you for your shows.
My first memory of sewing was when I visited my grandma. She helped me to make clothes for my doll. I love your quilt. It is so pretty.
My mother made my dresses, so to save her time, she taught my to do the hemming. So once. I learned Hemming, I went to embroidery and from there as time came and went, I took homeck in school and next came making my clothes. Got married and started making garments for they family. I even made matching western shirts for my husband and myself. If anything had thread involved I did it. Thank you for your videos.
*_Matching western shirts sounds so much fun! Thank you for sharing your quilt memories💜_*
Well first that granddaughter- How precious. She’s gorgeous! Now to the quilting. Thank you for this video. I am new to quilting and free motion is so intimidating to me. Love the Crumb Quilt. The binding hack was a true game changer. Thank you. God Bless you and sweet baby girl.
Your quilt turned out very pretty. I love the fabric that you used for the binding. I want some of it. Baby Josephine is really cute. Maybe you could put a highchair next to you and put her in it and give her some scraps to play with. She could hand them to you while you crumb quilt. She would probably have a good time doing that. I want to teach the little ones in my family how to sew and quilt. I have a 9 year old nephew and a 2 year old niece and a 5 year old great niece. I plan on teaching all of them.
Little Josie will be a great helper when she can sit still long enough LOL😂 She always sees my sewing..she hangs out in my sewing room with me when I watch her💛
❤😊 I'm dating myself, My first experience was watching my Grams, she sewed everything, such beautiful work details with foot pumping peddle, she made everything oh goodness detIl in our tops, Jammies, curtains, washing towels, her details in hand sewing, just Beautifully!! Grams, she even embroidery by hand, uffta my hands ack at the thought, that was her gift, she was good, I still hv a few of her itemsshe made Me!! I loved watching her, I didn't hv the leg or ankle strength too pump her foot peddle, Grams told Me I will grow too lov her machine, I replied hope not... she taught Me hand stitch, and Embroidery oh I couldn't get enough ❤😊 Been over 20+ years I gave all my sewing stuff away, I can not get over how much it all cost today, I will purchase just checking on which machine I really want too focus and purchase... Oh Tracy Loving all Ur Creatively Creating, Keep Rocking Life Beautifully ❤😊 And Joy's too Ur Growing Families, Granddaughter will treasure all your Beauties, I still do, Mine was very talented, sharing Joy's in all!! ❤😊
When I was 5 years old my mom taught me to embroider. As a child and a young teen I did needlepoint and perfected my embroidery. I ended up going to fashion school at my mom's urging where I sewed clothes for many years. When my dear m other passed away I stopped sewing. I couldn't go near my sewing machine without bursting into tears. My mom was my biggest fan. A few years passed and I found a DIY on TV and saw a quilting show. I fell in love with quilting and I have been quilting since 2003. I make quilts, bags and recently I started sewing clothes for my granddaughters and for me. My 5 year old granddaughter is now getting sewing lessons from me.
Thank you so much Molly for sharing your journey with us♥️
❤😊 What a gift too share and pass on, Beautifully ❤😊
When I was in the fourth grade my grandmother said I was too old to play with Barbie dolls. Instead of playing with my Barbie dolls I began to make them clothing sewn by hand. Later after my children were born I began to learn to sew with a sewing machine. I bought a combination sewing machine / embroidery machine a began to to quilt. I love crazy patchwork quilting!
*_Thank you so much for sharing! One of my early memories was my mom making my barbies their clothes❤️_*
My earliest experience in sewing is when I was in high school I took sewing classes and my teacher helped me make my whole outfit that I got my senior pictures taken in and I was so proud because you see we were pretty poor and the only way I got to buy the fabric and do it was because it was for my class project. I still look at that picture with pride.
*_Wow....I got chills when I read your post Pamela💛What a precious memory. Thank you for sharing it with everyone💜_*
I didn't make my graduation outfit. But, yeah I was pretty poor too. But because I was in sewing, I got to buy fabric for sewing class too.
I started sewing by making dresses for my dolls. I was about 11 years. Then start to make my own clothes from early high school. From there always making something. All my daughters clothes and now lots of things for my grand kids. Started quilting about ten years ago. Love it!
My grandfather was a quilter. He sewed all by hand. I loved to watch, he threaded tons of needles and they were put in pin cushions all in a row so it looked like a curtain. My mother was a seamstress and had her own business. She sat me down at age 6 and taught me to sew. I have never looked back. I had three sisters, we all know how to sew and do in our own way.
What awesome/precious memories💛
I love your "Crumb Quilting" videos - all of them actually. I learnt so much. I am very new to quilting. Your granddaughter Josephine is so adorable. those big brown eyes. It was only a week ago I was minding your newest granddaughter, 13 months old, she too was sitting on my knee whilst I was sewing. It is never too young to learn. Your quilt is really lovely, so too is your free motion quilting. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for sharing your love of sewing with your Granddaughter. Most adults don't want to be bothered with children. If they are old enough to show an interest, please feed their interest. When they start asking questions, always tell them the truth. Your Granddaughter has beautiful eyes.
*_I totally agree Arvetta.....we all need to spend time with this next generation. My granddaughter looks at me with those eyes and I just melt LOL😂_*
My earliest sewing memory was in junior high in home ec class. My mother was a seamstress by trade and when I would bring my project home to work on it, she would make me rip it out and do it over and over until it was right. This actually deterred me from most sewing for years. I didn't quilt until all my kids were grown and out of the house. During their growing up, I did sew some of their clothes, in fact I made my then 6 year old daughter a dress with apron, completely with hand sewing as I did not have a sewing machine at the time.
Hi Tracy, Your quilt turned out beautifully. ❤️❤️❤️ I fmq too. Actually, the quilting step is what made me want to start making quilts to begin with. 😆😂🤣 I love that step. I really didn’t do much practice, basically I began quilting on my quilts. I think a larger surface to quilt on improves muscle memory pretty fast. I know you’ll keep up the good work. Your grand daughter stole the show! She’s precious isn’t she. ❤️❤️❤️ We’re about to meet our great granddaughter, can you believe that! OMG, I love babies so much. 😁🥰❤️ Take care and have fun playing with your adorable little baby girl! Chris-Raleigh NC
Oh Tracy, Laura on Sew Very Easy, a few shows back did a spotlight on “Grandma’s Secret Wrinkle Remover” with a link on Amazon. Well, I ordered some immediately and it does work, even on those folded up fat quarters I bought three years ago..!👏👏👏👍 You may have seen it but if not, it’s really worth buying. Chris
*_I agree Chris...FMQ is a favorite of mine too💛 I think I really need to focus on pebbles and making them the same...it's soooooo hard to do! Congrats on your soon to be great grandbaby! I am in love with my granddaughter.❤️..she is soooooo sweet too!_*
*_Thank you for the tip Chris...I think I remember the video✅_*
Angela Walters makes quilting look easy. I am with you, it takes a lot of practice!
*_Practice...practice...practice💜_*
Beautiful granddaughter! Important memories being made. Love the tutorial! My mother used to made all of our clothes, four girls and one boy stuck in the middle. There were flour sack outfits for the little girls summer play clothes someone would give her. There were loads of hand me downs she would rework so they fit me that once belonged to an older cousin. I learned to so on my mother’s black, straight stitch Singer when making y first 4-H skirt. I think that was 3 yards all the way around the hem. If I got a stitch off she made me rip it out and start the entire 3 yard hem again. I don’t recommend having you 8 or 9 year old to do this as they might be like me and say things like “ I hate to sew”! “I will never sew!” “When I grow up I am going to buy all my clothing at a store!” I now own 7 sewing machines & serger. Included in the machines is a treadle machine, an old black Singer, and a Dream Machine. Lol, joke turns out was on me!!
I learned to sew while sitting on my grandma’s knee. She would pedal (my legs too short to reach the pedal) and help me guide pieces of fabric under the needle. I still hear her saying to me “watch your finger, don’t get it under the needle”! Very shortly after, grandma upgraded her pedal machine to an electric sewing machine. My mom also got an electric machine at that time. I learned to hem as my mom was making flannelette diapers, then little gowns, for my baby sister.
My granddaughter and grandson having a blast sewing on chair lap with me. Their 7 going on 8 and 4 1/2 yrs of age. So adorable how interested learning to sew. We're making scrap fabric. Learning with you. Ty my grandkids watch along with me
I learned hand sewing from my mother from about the age of six, using embroidery needles and looseweave sacking, etc, and by 12, I was sewing rag dolls, and the clothes, with scraps from my mother's Bit Bin, and sewing my teenage pals bras to fit properly. I hand sewed a small lap quilt with hexagons for my grandmother, but I didn't start using a machine til about 16 on an old motorised singer, and made quite a few projects. Then life sort of got in the way when I married and was working a lot. When I started having my children, I was given a second hand sewing machine by a lady I used to shop for, and I made a proper quilt for my first daughter when I was 26...I still have it 32 years later.
*_wow...what a great sewing journey💛Thank you for sharing💜_*
What a beautiful little girl, hope she fallows in Grans shoes....Thank you for putting up these video's, I took up quilting in my 60's ,then hubby took ill & I had to look after him & had no time for quilting. , after he passed I had no desire anymore, for a few months I did get back into it but it just didn't feel he same. . 2 years ago I moved to a senior apt; complex & last Sept another lady was looking for someone to quilt with, I joined her & we made 12 quilts for a special project & I've doing some for myself. now I have to urge to quilt again. in my middle 80's thank you for your great video's .I'm learning a lot that I had forgotten; how to do some things .
Quilting is so much fun at any stage of life💛I hope you listen to the urge and jump back in Marina💛
I have been sewing for 50 years.i have sew doll clothes, my clothes, my first quilt I sew and hand quilt was 19 years ago.the pass 3 years I have a lot of Guniea Pigs Midwest Blanket Cage liners. and tunnels, cuddles sack, peedpads. but now I got back in to sew quilting blocks. I have a lot of left over scared fleece to made a 9 patch quilt .I love sewing.thank you ❤
Thank you for sharing Judy💛
I remember the elderly lady that babysat me when I was 3 years old. She would hand baste all her dresses together before she sewed them together. My job was ripping out the basting stitches. Then she would have the ladies over and they would sit around the quilting frame hand quilting quilts. I am reminded of those days often and wish I was more attentive.
My first experience was in Home Economics…..wow our teacher had no patience with many of us and spent most of her time with the star students. She told me that her 8 yr old granddaughter could sew better than me. But I picked it up again when I was married and had 2 daughters. I made lots of summer dresses for them and so enjoyed the process. ( my momma made many clothes for me growing up.)
As our girls got older I stopped sewing until I made my 1$ quilt by hand. 2023 will have me making my first scrappy quilt. Can’t wait, but first I have to heal from shoulder surgery.😊
Oh Tracy, I love this video so much and Josephine is adorable! Another up and coming quilter, I'm sure! I happen to live with My daughter, son in law and my 2 yr old Granddaughter and she's been helping Me at the sewing machine since she was 1- She loves to push the scissor button for me to cut my threads, she always inthe craft room with Me and loves when I give her a stack of fat quarters to play with, lol she covers the dog bed and her dolls with them! She is such a Blessing as You've also been Blessed with Josephine! Thank You so much for Sharing and BTW I love Laura's technique for the binding, sew very easy, lol! True!!
We totally have to teach the next generation! It’s up to us Marie💛
My earliest sewing memory is making dolly clothes with my mum probably about 4 or 5yrs old, my earliest quilting memory is trying to teach myself patchwork ages about 13yrs that piece is now a full size quilt cover all hand stitched onto an old sheet crazy quilt style. It took me about 30 years off and on to finish it completely so I could use it. I’m still working on it occasionally to repair the worn out embroidery silks I used and patch the wear holes with new fabric. It’s packed with memories with scraps from my childhood clothes that my mum made to scraps from clothes I made for my own children. It’s about 50 years since I started it and the colours fade a little more with each wash but I still smile when I put it on the bed.
My first sewing experience was at age 10. I loved fabric and collected scraps from different people. My grandmother saw me trying to hand stitch fabric scraps into dolls clothes and she gave me her knee operated Singer and showed me how to use it. I made dolls clothes and rag dolls and did hems and mending. I remade some of my mother's skirts to fit me. When I was 14 my mother paid for a sewing course, two hours a day on five days. That was the first time I bought fabric and a pattern. I made a horrible apricot dress with huge puffed sleeves and I never wore it. But I have made all my clothes since then and I am almost 75 now. I do not use patterns anymore - I prefer to design as I go and my clothes are usually loose and casual. I still love fabric. When I was having babies I made quilts and patchwork quilt covers for the family and some for sale, but had to put quilting aside for about 30 years while the family was growing and I was working. In those years I made stage costumes, and sets and props and curtains, mini quilts and patchwork cushions. Now I have 5 grandchildren, a grandson in law and 1 great grandson and I am making quilts for them all. Crazy, colourful, fun quilts - I don't do pattens. Only two more to go and those will be string quilts for sisters. I am going to attempt quilt as you go because quilting a big piece is just too much for me now I am looking foward to learning this new technique. I will look at your pool noodles tomorrow.
Wow thank you for sharing Janine!💛 Sounds like you will be busy for awhile making all those quilts! Have fun!
Love scrappy quilts. Your Granddaughter is precious. I have a Grandson and love him so much. He is 7 years old and time is going too fast.
I enjoyed this series more than any I've seen......Magnificent!!!!! Both the quilt and little Josephine is absolutely beautiful!!!♥ Her dark eyes are so mesmerizing ♥ I began my quilting journey 8 months ago at the age of 72. I don't know what took me so long to experience the joy it gives me when giving a quilt to one of the Great Grandchildren, or to a lonely elderly person for a birthday gift♥ Love your videos Tracy.............Thank you for your expertise and time to help us.♥
Thank you for all of your kind words toward me Kathleen....I appreciate them so much💛
When I was ten, my Grandmother placed a shoe box with cotton squares between us and showed me how to hand piece them. Grandma always had a quilt frame setup, and the fabric was left over from the clothes, aprons, curtains she made. Quilting is now my passion, and I still have quilts my Gran made. Carol
My earliest memories were of my mom pulling down the quilt frame mounted on eye hooks in the ceiling. she would measure to be sure it was square and then mount the sandwich on the frame. She quilted all by hand. Working with her, I helped finish my son's baby quilt. It is now with my great grandson, fifty plus years later.❤
Wow...great memories💛 Thank you for sharing Ali💛
Every time Josephine’s little face peaked around the corner of the screen, she made me smile. What a cute and happy baby😘 You can tell she loves her grandma to pieces.
*_Her little face is so darling💜Thank you for the kind feedback💛_*
This quilt is absolutely gorgeous. Your Grand baby is so beautiful! I really enjoyed this, so thank you so much for sharing! There are so few people that I am familiar with that are in to sewing/quilting! Somehow it is encouraging and comforting.
Thank you so much for the kind feedback JG💛 Quilting friends are always encouraging 🌸
I made my first dress in Home Ec, when I was a freshman in 1969. I didn't like sewing, even though I was very proud of the dress. I didn't sew again until about 8 years ago. I started quilting. Now it's my favorite hobby.
Great memories!🧡
This is my favorite so far. Great video.
*_Wow thanks Patricia💜_*
Beautiful quilt. It would have been nice to see Josephine sitting on it at the end. She's adorable.😊
I was 5 when my sweet grandmother taught me to sew on a treadle machine, Singer, of course. She sewed on it exclusively. I loved sewing from there on.
I have just discovered your channel and have fallen in love with your style of teaching. You present things in such a manner that it makes me feel that I should go ahead and try it. I loved to see your beautiful little grandbaby in the sewing room with you. Such a momentous moment of Josephine and Grandma attaching on the binding together. You must write it down for her Momma to record the date of when you and her shared your first few stitches together. You have taught me so much in just a few videos. Thanks so much and keep ir coming.
My first quilting experience was in high school where I made a quillow. I’m currently 63 years old and quilt every single day.
For binding I find it show much easier to sew the binding on the backside then flip it over to the front sewing very close to the edge. There are times when your stitches do show on the back but at least you’ll know it’s always going to be caught. Truly enjoy your videos!
Great idea Jane to bind the way you do it✅ thank you for sharing your sewing memories 💛
Josephine is adorable!!! She is perfect and I am sure she will love being in mimi's sewing room. I have 9 grandchildren and they loved going to the craft room and grabbing a seat and always asking Grammy what are we gonna craft today??the boys or girls didnt matter, they all loved coming to grammy and pa's house and helping Pa out side and Grammy in her crafting room after a bath and dinner. my fondest memories of my darling grandchildren. By the way my kids were the same way lets help Mom out in her craft room.
the quilt is great!! I am inspired by how you give me some idea to think about and try out. God Bless
*_What wonderful memories you have Shirley💛_*
My mom started her sewing business on a Treadle Sewing Machine, years and years ago...I fell asleep listening to the whirr of it, as she sewed in her bedroom across the hall from mine; I started to learn to sew on her treadle making Barbie clothes...then started to sew in HomeEc in Grade 8; I stopped after Gr. 12 Home Ec...but then started to quilt in 2000 when I had young children of my own...still quilting!
*_What a great story of progression....I love how you have memories of the actual sound of the treadle.....melts my heart❤️_*
My earliest sewing experience was in junior high. Our project(s) were to make a gym bag and an apron. Because of our teacher I don't think I would have finished the projects..but I learned "how to" later in life.
Fun! I’ll try the binding technique. Just starting to play with free motion quilting. Your granddaughter is precious. Enjoy every minute with her.
My first sewing experience was when I was about six years old. I starting making clothes for my dolls. I would lay the dolls on the fabric and cut around them and then stitch it together. In the process of hand stitching them, I would stitch them onto my clothing. LOL would have to start dewing it all over again. LOL
Tracy, you're the best! I have learned so much from you. This free motion video is fantastic! I have a crumb quilt almost done. I'll try to quilt it myself after watching this video. We need a baby cameo EVERY video. She is beautiful. I don't have any grandchildren yet.🤞
*_Thank you Patti for such kind feedback💜You definitely need to try free motion quilting your quilt yourself...it really is sooooooo much fun! My Josephine is with me so much that she is sure to pop in again haha😂_*
I did smile watching Josephine help you sew! I also seemed to miss several spots of catching the binding on the back side. What has helped me is using glue to hold the binding down instead of clipping. Press the glue to dry it, so it doesn’t gum up the needle. Problem solved! I especially enjoyed watching your free motion quilting on the fly. I think it turned out great!
That is a good idea, to do the freemotion quilting on a wide border !! It saves you from the hardest thing (i think) in FMQ, the bulk under the throat of the machine. Thanks Tracey. Again!!
Hand sewing tiny dolls clothes with my nanna around 4 to 5 years old -made out of rags and tissues….and later dolls clothes with paper and anything I could find.
I love your videos…thank you.Also love your sense of humour thank you…very funny and clever xx
Thank you so much for the kind feedback Narda💛and thank you for sharing🧡
At 4 yeas old, I’d seen my mom sewing for hours. I wanted to sew! When she went outside to hang out clothes, I sat at the sewing with a piece of cloth, pushes it through the place where the needle was stitching. Look, I’m sewing! BUT my middle finger was in the way and the needle went through it. Yelping, I jerked my finger away. Needle was still in it. Mom came in and cared for my injured finger. No fussing just tender care and chuckles later. . She did let me push cloth though very slowly every once in a while after that.
My mom gave me her old singer sewing machine and the fabric samples that came in the mail. I remember sewing them together for Barbie doll quilts. I was about 8.
Your teaching style makes me wish you were my neighbor! And that baby is the sweetest! This really started my day out in the best possible way. Thank you.
Awe thank you for the kind words Frances💛 Happy quilting my TH-cam neighbor friend!🌸
Oh my gosh !!!This is gorgeous and thanks for putting in all the errors...so real!
You are so welcome Giselle🌸
I was 3, and I used a huge sharpe with a large eye. Black thread, doubled was what held my project tog. It was a tube of fabric, that became a dress for my babydoll.
I was hooked!!! Nearly sixty years later, I still feel like the short video of the young girl who types over her video with ‘SEWING!’ instead of ‘CORN!’ I. The song.
My earliest and most fondest memory of quilting is sitting on the floor under a wooden quilting frame that is surrounded by my grandmother and her friends. My job was to play quietly until someone needed a needle threaded 🪡.
precious memories💛
My first sewing experience happened at 9yearz old. A sewing class at a YMCA using a treadle machine. Now 68 and still at. Loved your Rose quilt ND the Cathredal Window
Im inot a quilter, Im a bag maker but I've been wanting to incorporate qulted panels onto bags. I REALLY LEARNED A LOT from this series. Thank you so much.
Your quilt is absolutely beautiful!!!: Thank you for Your inspiring videos. They help me so much!
My Ella grandma's future quilter used to love helping grandma sew. Now 11, Ella is sewing small projects. Her most recent project was a couple of easy burp cloths for her baby çousin.
*_Wow!! Go Ella!!!! That's so awesome!!!💛_*
I started sewing with my mom when I was 6. Easy animal & doll kits they made back in the 70’s!
Great memories 💛 thanks for sharing 💛
As 11 or 12 year old farm girl I cut up clothes my mother had stored in our grain barn to make my own shorts and dresses on her pedal singer. I was always fascinated watching her sew and for some reason I was not scolded for cutting up her old clothes which began my sewing journey.
What sweet memories Sarah! Thank you for sharing💛
I don't remember when I began sewing!! I sewed many clothing items beginning when I was a teen, then clothes for my boys and items for our home. I quilted off and on for many years, but more regularly since the grandkids began arriving, deciding to sew each one their own baby quilt. I machine pieced and hand quilted. With 11 grands arriving in the last 11 years, it's kept me busy!! But the quilting bug had taken hold!! Hubby graciously purchased a new machine to make FMQ possible. I'm just a beginner, but I try to practice a lot!! I've made a bunch of potholders as practice squares. 😂 But I want to try your practice FMQ quilt to improve. This last Christmas, at what I call Cousin Camp the granddaughters each made an easy potholder. I have a couple of them that already show an interest in sewing and quilting 😁
*_11 Grands!...WOW! You win LOL😂Thank you for sharing your quilt memories💜_*
My first "sewing" adventure was with one of those hot pad looms using the stretchy loops. Hope I described it correctly. Anyway, I would make those and my mother would stitch the edges on her machine so they'd be even. I learned more sewing in junior high, and more advanced in high school. I remember making a gym bag, A-line lined skirt and a "shift". During senior year I made a formal for the prom, which I didn't attend LOL. In college I majored in Home Economics...they don't have that any more unfortunately....one class taught us how to design our own patterns etc. I didn't really quilt until after I got married and made baby quilts for my kids plus crib bumpers, matching curtains, stuffed animals etc. Now I make lots of quilts....love your quilting in this video. My adventure in free motion quilting is much the same...trying new techniques (yes, love Angela Walters's stuff!). Love your videos!!
Thanks for sharing your sewing memories Anita!💜
A fun chat to listen to while I hand quilt! Thank you for sharing!
*_Awesome Brenda.....thank you for hangin out with me!✅_*
I can’t tell you how much I loved 🥰 this tutorial!! For so many reasons!!!
Awesome Awesome Awesome 🤩
And OMGosh ❣️What and absolutely adorable granddaughter 💖💝💖💝
Thank you so much for the kind feedback💛!!
I learned to sew in jr high school as part of home ec although I watched my aunt sew for years and was fascinated! I loved home ec ... my first project was an apron! I kept taking sewing classes, even in college. One of my first jobs was working in wardrobe in a local theater. I had been an usher, but one day they needed sewing help backstage and I volunteered! I became the theater's wardrobe mistress for several years.
Thank you for sharing Pattie💛
I remember making a dress for my doll by hand when i was little. My parents bought me a new basic singer sewing machine for my birthday. I have sewn for over 50 years now and made so many things from dresses to furnishing fabric dolls and of course patchwork and quilting. I always have projects on the go and often give things away as i dont have room to keep them all. Thanks mum and dad it was the best present I ever had.
*_What great memories you must have...Thanks to mum and dad for sure💜_*
My earliest sewing was making a two layer receiving blanket of flannel that was blanket stitched to bond it. Boy turning edge as under was hard to do and the getting the blanket stitch even was a pain. My mom loved it and it was his favorite blanket. What a surprise.
P.S. I was 7. The blanket stitch was done with crochet thread.
I saw one of those antique crazy quilts in a Better Homes and garden book- it had gold-ish looking had stitching on some of the pieces-
** earliest quilt experience-
I could have been 8. We were visiting friends ( native Cherokee ) the ladies were all sitting around a quilt frame made of PVC pipe- hanging from the ceiling- they invited me to hand 🤚 stitch a small square- they were pretty Fast- - fun day - took forever-!
I was in middle school, and my sewing teacher helped me make bib-overalls, brown corduroy with black train tracks. My favorite, wore at least every week to school.
Little Josephine is a cutie 🌹 Your quilt is beautiful 🧵🪡🌹
She is my favorite person Elizabeth♥️
my first sewing memory w visiting my grandmother She kept a basket of odds and ends of all kinds for the grandchildren to play with one visit there was a scrap of a wool jersey knit in a berry and black -colored print I loved the softness, the fluidity and the drape-- it was like flowing water. when I was older my mother let me mend the childrens' (six of us!) play clothes I had a ball using every color of thread she had and all the fancy stitches on her machine I didn't know why she didn't want me to touch my Dad's clothes this was a great way for me to get comfortable with the sewing machine before I took sewing in home ec
What great memories Joan!🧡 thanks so much for sharing 💛
Started with doll clothes at age 8. By hand. I started sewing clothes about 14. Sewed all my school clothes.
Wow. You made all your clothes! That’s impressive ✅
I watched the basting video and had wondered how soon you need to quilt it. Now I know. My first sewing experience I think was in Jr. High home ec class. I made a bean bag frog, then a denim jumper dress. My mom sewed me some skirts, but I don't remember her showing me how to sew. Your FMQ looks great! Your granddaughter is so beautiful. You're fortunate that you get to live close by her.
Thank you for the kind feedback Karin...yes I'm am so fortunate to watch her grow up....she's my favorite person💛
That is a beautiful quilt and I love the different quilting you created on the white fabric.
Love this…..thanks for the tips! I learned how to sew, sewing for my Barbie Doll. I was very young and had to hand sew the clothes. I think this is why I love hand quilting! Lol…..but am going to try free motion quilting because of your video. When I started sewing on a machine I learned that my seam ripper was a best friend! 😊
The seam ripper is surely friendly with all of us LOL😂 Thank you for sharing 💛
I am impressed with your free motion quilting skills. And, of course, your granddaughter is absolutely darling!❤️
Thank you Lois💛 I’ve been playing with free motion quilting “here and there” for a few years. I’m just now feeling a bit more comfortable ✅
My earliest sewing experience was working the treadle on my mothers machine in the early fifties. She was a seamstress and when later I used to get sewing homework from school she could not bear to let me go in with my rather poor efforts so overnight my various projects turned into triumphs!!! I am sure the teacher knew it was not my work. As a result I developed into what i would describe as a "bread and butter" machinist and only came to quilting in my late 60's so plenty to learn. Free motion quilting has so far defeated me but one of these days I will risk all on a proper quilt especially having seen the tip about using a dry marker and vinyl I saw in one of your other videos.
Thank you for sharing💛 Practice definitely is the way to learn FMQ...YOU can do it🎉
Great information, thanks so much! My best sewing memory was my Mama’s mother sewing matching shorts and tops for my aunt - 10 and me - 9. She taught me you can use any kind of fabric you have on hand. She used flour sacks for the shorts and towels from laundry detergent boxes ( anyone remember those?😄) for the tops! All my aunts and both grandmothers and my mama sewed, so I have some great memories….
That is awesome! Thank you for sharing Pat💛
She is a beautiful baby and with those big eyes, and melts your heart.
*💛Thank you❤️*
I made my FIRST quilt EVER, last year. I made a crazy quilt (not using blocks) to commemorate crazy 2020-2021. I used some clothing from my loved ones plus scraps and fat quarters. So FUN!!
*_Great idea M.Reese! I LOVE the whole crazy 2020/21 theme😂_*
Thanks for the great video, Tracy! I had to laugh at your Angela Walters’ video references re: free-motion quilting. I’ve been watching those same videos recently and have even gone as far as printing out the tutorial tip sheets on all the different patterns. Great minds!!! I also went online and found a “ribbon candy” image and have printed out a few pages so I can get the muscle memory part of it down before actually trying it on the machine. These past few years I’ve watched countless quilt making and free-motion videos, but have never be able to do so yet. Now that I’m in a physically healthy state again, I can finally try quilt patterns and free-motion quilting. Your video was like an answered prayer to boost my confidence to eventually try doing this. Angela Walters is a pro, but I really needed someone like you to eliminate the intimidation aspect. I really liked how your quilt turned out and the binding material was an amazing find! I completely agree that Laura Coia’s binding tutorial from Sew Very Easy is the best binding tutorial out there. (You and I must be subscribed to all the same TH-cam channels. LOL!) Thanks again for your timely and well documented videos!!!! LOVE your channel and always look forward to your videos!!! BTW: Your granddaughter (and future quilter) is absolutely adorable! Her quilting muscle memory will no doubt be well established before she’s old enough to write her name. 😁
*_Dori..."sew very easy" does have great tutorials for sure....I totally think you are ready to start free motion quilting!!!! Try it first on a quilt that you don't really care if it gets too messed up.(it will probably end up being your fav quilt haha). Thank you as always for being such a great support to my channel....I appreciate it very much💜_*
I've watched this video twice and it is on my list to watch again. (Not just to see that lovely Josephine!) I am trying to keep it in my brain, to absorb the lessons. Thanks, Tracy.
You can do it!
it is beautiful and Angela Walters would be proud of you
I remember going with my mom when I was 7 years old to my maw maw's house and my she had other ladies and her sister's there and we all went into the Livingroom and from the ceiling they let down this big square and put a quilt on it and they all had a needle and thread in hand and started sewing on the quilt as they were talking. My Aunt asked if I wanted to try and as a kid you knew I did and from that moment on I loved to sew. My paw paw said it looked and sound just like the hen house.. lol
Thank you for sharing Penny💛
My earliest quilting is now at age 69. Never sewed or had sewing machine