tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14458986.post4226771268215773324..comments2023-05-07T00:56:03.075-05:00Comments on Pieces from my scrapbag..: Sisters?...sisters...Finnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17677133672404343036noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14458986.post-34181643826086584582008-01-02T01:12:00.000-06:002008-01-02T01:12:00.000-06:00Finn, I just wanted to mention to you how much I e...Finn, I just wanted to mention to you how much I enjoy reading the stories you post...Tracey in CThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01172273610231927352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14458986.post-11649244331532453462007-12-25T06:35:00.000-06:002007-12-25T06:35:00.000-06:00I had the absolute oddest home ec teacher. Yish. ...I had the absolute oddest home ec teacher. Yish. But nothing could kill my love of sewing clothes. Well, you may not have had much in common, but what a wonderful photo of the three of you.sewprimitive karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04125490235366694521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14458986.post-11882121162269364532007-12-24T17:04:00.000-06:002007-12-24T17:04:00.000-06:00Hi Finn, I hope you are enjoying yourself with lov...Hi Finn, I hope you are enjoying yourself with loved ones, in spite of the weather I see you are having. Merry Christmas!MARCIEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01239774105939045673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14458986.post-4858283475887661182007-12-23T12:58:00.000-06:002007-12-23T12:58:00.000-06:00I am the youngest child and only girl of four chil...I am the youngest child and only girl of four children. My mom always had a job outside of the home and my grandma taught me to sew, crochet, needlepoint and cook. I always had new home made clothes until my mom had a job in a women's clothing store.<BR/><BR/>With three boys I didn't have anyone to share needlecrafts and sewing with, at least not until one of them married. Now my DIL loves to sew with me. She won't even sew with her grandmother who is also a quilter. I guess I'm lucky.Sweet Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051024938738245495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14458986.post-68767080676827195112007-12-23T10:52:00.000-06:002007-12-23T10:52:00.000-06:00soon enough you will be playing with your fabrics ...soon enough you will be playing with your fabrics dear Finn...it is always fun to remember back to how you became acquainted with thread and needle-such unique stories you share!<BR/>have the merriest of times my friendCherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10292382302931335587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14458986.post-2910419281907412802007-12-22T19:11:00.000-06:002007-12-22T19:11:00.000-06:00finn...I really enjoyed reading about your childho...finn...I really enjoyed reading about your childhood and your love for sewing. I stopped by to wish my first blog friend a Merry Christmas. Hope that your gathering with the family will keep you busy enough not to think of your sewing projects for just those moments. hehehe<BR/><BR/>Merry Christmas dear long lost friend.Sandy Hatcher-Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15011307599473627922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14458986.post-71257206951679113702007-12-22T16:38:00.000-06:002007-12-22T16:38:00.000-06:00What a lovely post. I really enjoy reading about o...What a lovely post. I really enjoy reading about other people's lives, & childhood memories. <BR/>I was so lucky both my grandmothers loved sewing & one grandmother was a fabulous crochet worker too. My mother taught me to sew & knit & we learnt to crochet together.meggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00061112627819270427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14458986.post-6158739019016753882007-12-22T01:16:00.000-06:002007-12-22T01:16:00.000-06:00Finnyou have such great memories of your life.Very...Finn<BR/>you have such great memories of your life.<BR/>Very fun to read over the years.<BR/>I hope you have a wonderful holiday and enjoy every minute of it!<BR/>Kathieantique quilterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15379983489980682690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14458986.post-72591334823363900282007-12-21T18:22:00.000-06:002007-12-21T18:22:00.000-06:00I was fortunate in that by the time 7th grade came...I was fortunate in that by the time 7th grade came around, I had a choice. I chose to learn Spanish and to buy my clothes *s* That left me with the complete inability to operate a sewing machine when I decided I wanted to make a quilt. My darling Hubby - enchanted by the engineering feat of that machine - read the book, worked out how to thread it and fill a bobbin and then offered me patient and thorough instruction. The rest is history *s*Libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17872055894285312153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14458986.post-9526946518396132662007-12-21T07:53:00.000-06:002007-12-21T07:53:00.000-06:00Oh, so many things about this post I can relate to...Oh, so many things about this post I can relate to!!! I'll comment on two. I am a middle sister and boy, does that explain a lot! Not the son I'm sure Daddy would have loved to have and not the "baby of the family" for everyone to dote on LOL! And grade school/high school sewing classes? What a joke. I always had the perfection-bent, grumpy, condescending teachers for home ec (it was called homemaking back then) and was so turned off on sewing clothes until my first teaching job when I HAD to have clothes--so I learned. Oh, well, all's well that ends well, I guess!! Have a wonderful Christmas.KC Quilterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03410306644734899793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14458986.post-73832646783999050812007-12-20T17:37:00.000-06:002007-12-20T17:37:00.000-06:00Sisters, am writing about mine on my blog tonight!...Sisters, am writing about mine on my blog tonight!!Interesting life I think!!<BR/>Sewing is something I have done ever since I can remember,can't understand people who don't!<BR/>Sewing makes my heart SINGQuilting Memorieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17007166356373016943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14458986.post-12913161837545616012007-12-20T16:17:00.000-06:002007-12-20T16:17:00.000-06:00I was appalled at your teacher's reaction to your ...I was appalled at your teacher's reaction to your buying a border print. Why didn't she just show you how to use it effectively instead of yelling at you? It's amazing that you ever wanted to sew again!Susan https://www.blogger.com/profile/09159163720029661287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14458986.post-8717815117370287552007-12-20T15:53:00.000-06:002007-12-20T15:53:00.000-06:00I get grumpy when I don't sew often enough too. Tu...I get grumpy when I don't sew often enough too. Turns out we'll have DD and the DGD's here a few more days than I was planning for between now and Christmas morning... that could be a problem! It's really hard to sew and tend babies at the same time!Magpie Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09930036522719103192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14458986.post-62253039444084087112007-12-20T14:25:00.000-06:002007-12-20T14:25:00.000-06:00Are you kidding? Not a natural born care giver? ...Are you kidding? Not a natural born care giver? I've never known anyone more of a genuine care giver. Maybe sometimes to the point of forgetting to do for herself also? If you weren't born with it, what do you think turned you on? Maybe having your own family. I remember that my mother always complained that that I couldn't care less about our home and wouldn't do housework unless absolutely forced to, and then I was very slow and negative about it. Once when Mom was complaining, my dad told me it would be different when it was my own home. I never got into the cleaning thing but did get into the making my own home mine with lots of creating including using fabric and food. Did you just need your own home and family for your care giver to come out? I know all of us in blogland are so thankful you are such a wonderful care giver to all of us. Hugs from Katie!Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03812374680645763586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14458986.post-7902513742324567922007-12-20T14:08:00.000-06:002007-12-20T14:08:00.000-06:00being an only child I've never really understood t...being an only child I've never really understood the idea of bonding with siblings -- can't say I ever longed for them either.. it was enough work keeping myself organized without others to interfere with things :-)Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763869971803840742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14458986.post-72797042872526587702007-12-20T14:00:00.000-06:002007-12-20T14:00:00.000-06:00I can see how having a big age difference would ma...I can see how having a big age difference would make it hard to really get to know your siblings. You thought you had your parents all to yourself, and then all of a sudden you had to help babysit. I was a middle child too, but we are close in age. Being the oldest girl, I wound up having to make lunches, etc., which didn't seem fair to me either!<BR/><BR/>Good luck to you as you get ready for your family gathering. Ours will be on the 23rd as well, although we won't have quite as many people.Shelinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09870112367076954109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14458986.post-90628081266902182402007-12-20T11:52:00.000-06:002007-12-20T11:52:00.000-06:00You said a mouthful girlfriend and have given me a...You said a mouthful girlfriend and have given me an idea for a blog post myself as the <I>middle</I> of three sisters. Great post!Ms. Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10804532085018616427noreply@blogger.com