tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709631.post4132043338452000434..comments2024-02-27T04:14:48.904-05:00Comments on Stitch Bitch: AppliqueAnna van Schurmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09545037218589039870noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709631.post-66844156876575526192007-09-27T20:07:00.000-04:002007-09-27T20:07:00.000-04:00Looking forward to reading about your progress. I ...Looking forward to reading about your progress. I obsess over applique. I love it and hate it. <BR/><BR/>How lucky you mom owned a quilt shop and don't feel all alone. My aunt teaches clothing and textile services, begged me for years to let her teach me to sew but no, I wasn't going to sew Vogue patterns I was going to wear clothes out of Vogue. I am kicking myself today. If only I had just Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11764998966877086819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709631.post-51514255394258347892007-09-26T17:49:00.000-04:002007-09-26T17:49:00.000-04:00I'm right there with you with making an easy proje...I'm right there with you with making an easy project difficult! I have such a knack for doing that. When I read the instructions on the Shepherd's Bush website about how to finish the stockings, I thought - I know an easier way! But, I had to double check with my mom that I was not deluding myself with my "easy way" as I am known to do. My grandmother and mom were big sewers (making clothes, Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15055538119434258693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709631.post-36730062971081748302007-09-26T10:56:00.000-04:002007-09-26T10:56:00.000-04:00No, machine applique. I have to learn to love the ...No, machine applique. I have to learn to love the machine.Anna van Schurmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545037218589039870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709631.post-9857972084151401002007-09-25T17:03:00.000-04:002007-09-25T17:03:00.000-04:00I'm sure that woman thought she was much older tha...I'm sure that woman thought she was much older than you. I still say you don't even look close to forty.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12026282876821190499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709631.post-82414996902090169082007-09-25T16:50:00.000-04:002007-09-25T16:50:00.000-04:00My mom could whip up prom dresses and costumes for...My mom could whip up prom dresses and costumes for school plays like nobody's business. I think I can more or less sew a straight line now. Kind of. If it's not a very long line. If I get a trial go. Well, it might not be totally 100% straight....mainely stitchinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915498269348257624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709631.post-41537103754880201572007-09-25T14:42:00.000-04:002007-09-25T14:42:00.000-04:00Am I the only one in this predicament?No. My moth...<I>Am I the only one in this predicament?</I><BR/>No. My mother owned her own heirloom sewing store, makes wedding dresses, sews tons of clothes, makes quilts, etc etc etc.<BR/><BR/>And I can't even sew on a button.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com