My story is much like everyone else's. Mom sewed, came from a large farm
family where grandma made everything from the underwear out. I learned
to sew around the time I stopped putting things into my mouth. By 6 or 7
I was making doll clothes and quilts for them. Did home ec and high
school theatre, but not the clothing or costuming. Didn't have much use
for sewing as I got older, until the college theatre group made us
responsible for our own costumes and I made a dress from a 1959 thrift
shop pattern. Then there was the SCA. Quilted for a long time, too,
until that got to be too trendy. Took up dance so I could play with
sequins. The last ten years or so I've been experimenting with a wide
variety of historical and fantasy costumes. Lately the research has
interested me more than the design or the sewing or the wearing.
I'm currently working on a ren-fest rush job for this weekend. I
discovered a few years ago that the same people who laughed at my sewing
hobby in school are now willing to pay me....
Dawn
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