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“Where did they go?” you might wonder innocently while stroking your collection of charm packs on your lap. To Quilt Market. Known in the quilting and sewing circles as the closest thing to heaven this world has to offer.
For the newbies to our crafty community, Quilt Market is a giant, delightful trade show where companies and stores showcase and shop for new products that include fabrics, patterns, tools, and a heart-aching collection of beautiful sewing machines and long arms. What did we see while at the show? Take a gander…
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We were like kids in a candy shop throughout the entire event. Every corner we turned in the extensive George Brown Convention Center wrought new designs and ideas that we had to soak in (for at least 15 minutes each). The outstanding realization was that no matter how much we saw at Quilt Market, we couldn’t help but discover something new at every booth. Whether it was a small shop or a big brand every single display had something absolutely inspiring about it.
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My very first sewing project was a dress I made in Home ec in Grade 7. My first quilting project was car quilts I made for our three children for annual trek from Saskatchewan to Niagara Region in Ontario.
I got hooked on sewing later in my life but my early lessons still linger……
I finished it just last week. It was a lap quilt.
that was my first quilting project, I have been sewing since I was in the 7th grade home ec.
My first sewing project was Barbie clothes made out of kleenex. I would stitch them together to make wonderful dress’s I even made a wedding dress and a veil. I now help my 10 year old to make hers out of real material. We love to sew together and she is so tickled with all her creations.
I’m surprised I ever sewed again after my first project, a pair of “jams” (drawstring waist shorts) in Home Ec. Serious psychic scarring — but I survived and continued on!
The first project I remember sewing is Barbie doll clothes – the kind that were preprinted on the fabric that you cut out and sewed – no pattern. I grew up sewing all kinds of things as my mom was a great seamstress:-)
The first time quilting was helping my daughter make a quilt for her bed. I didn’t think her fabric choices were going to work well together, but it turned out great!
My very first I remember was an apron for 4-H!
My first quilting project was a pillow I made as a secret Santa gift.
My first seeing project was when I was 11,I made a shirt, my first quilting project was a blanket for my first born child, looked horrid but she still has it and loves it, that is when I got into quilting.
My grandmother taught me to sew when I was 7 yrs old. I wanted to make my own dress. Probably a little ambitious for a first time project but that was the best summer & one of my favorite childhood memories. She took me shopping for the pattern & fabric. I learned how to read a pattern & use a sewing machine. I have been in love with sewing ever since & my favorite thing to make is still dresses but now I make them for my daughter. 🙂
My first sewing project was in 8th grade sewing class. I made a top and sewed it all inside out!!! The sewing teacher knew it. And when I was done. She told me that was my learning experience and we learn from our sewing mistakes!!! Boy was she right.
My 1st sewing project was in Home Economics, 7th grade. It was a Jumper, teacher told us not to get plaids, stripes, etc. that had to be matched, well, my girlfriend and I bought, you guessed it, plaid fabric. Needless to say, our Jumpers were a little mismatched on the pattern!
I made a 6 gore skirt for home economics.
My first project was an apron with my great-grandmother’s supervision which I embroidered with cross-stitch on the pocket and then! I was 6, it was turquoise and white gingham!
A wedding dress for my Barbie.
7th grade home ec. class, I think it was a skirt with an elastic waist band. Very easy.
My first thing I ever made was an apron when I was in 4th grade with my mother as the teacher. I was really surprised how well it turned out.
My first sewing project was an apron when I was 10 with the help from my Grandma!!
My very first sewing project was a wardrobe for my Barbie and Skipper dolls.
Above it says ends 10/6, but will give my answer JIC open still
9th grade home ec. first sewing project was a pleather purse
My first sewing project was when I was eight years old. I made a Pillow! My Mom started a 4-H Club, The Makers and The Bakers, way back in the 70’s. It was awesome! Over the years my Mom taught 40-50 girls how to Sew and Cook. I became a Teen Leader and helped teach the younger girls just joining. We had a lot of fun! We learned so many sewing and cooking skills. I have won awards in Sewing and Bread Baking. I am now teaching my Grand Daughters. The oldest one, for the most part, made a sun dress this summer and I think she’s hooked! I’ve made everything from that Pillow to a 3 Piece Suit for my brother when he was around 4. More girls need to learn to sew. I am starting my own business and am going to be giving sewing lessons. I can’t wait to start! Thanks for the Great patterns and all the wonderful Prizes! I’m glad I found you!
My Barbie (and Skipper and Ken) needed more clothes. Using my mom’s scraps…with her permission and her buying me patterns started my love of sewing at the age of 12.
My first project was a flannel body pillow. Pink camo on one side and light blue camo on the other!
ok I made a skirt I am sorry it was so long ago I still have it I made for my mom . I was little my mom went to work with it on. Ok now I look at it and what was I think. Thank god my mom work at the bank at the time and was behind the desk. It was very off on side was hire them the other and the zipper was on the wrong sit. I got love my mom
I honestly don’t remember my first sewing project, I was so young. But I know I used to make clothes for my dolls, (by hand and machine) so that’s probably what it was. I had a favorite pattern for a dress for my Skipper doll that I made a lot…. 50 years ago!
My first project was a pants suit in 7th grade Home Ec. I never finished the project and gave up sewing for awhile. But my second project was TV time quilts (simple ) for my two sons, 3 and 7, and a nephew 2 at the time. They used them and abused them until there was nothing left of them. Those boys are now 34, 35, and 39, and they still talk about those quilts and how much they loved them. Each of them has since received new quilts, that I’m sure will last generations.
My first seeing project was a plated, plaid skirt and send white blouse with a Peter pan collar. I made this outfit in the 9th grade in my home ec class, complete with tailor track darts. I didn’t like it, but because my mom was such a great seamstress, I learned to love seeing.
Wow, that last post was full of errors. It was a pleated skirt and a white blouse. And tailor tack darts.
My first sewing project was the blouse I made in my Grade 8 Home Economics course. The blouse was made out of a blue cotton fabric but I don’t think I ever wore it.
My first sewing project was an outfit for a stuffed bear, made on my grandmother’s treadle. We kids were not allowed to touch the electric machines!
My first sewing project was a two piece skirt and top that I made in Home Ec in high school. So, my first mistake was, I cut open the skirt piece that was on the fold. Back to the store for more material. It was a beautiful black piece of cotton with tiny pink and blue flowers. Love that sort of print to this day. I wore it, along with the other officers of FHA, on initiation night.
My very first sewing project that I remember was a needle case that I made at school at the age of 5. I still have it. I remember making it and loving the experience of sewing and making something instead of just practice stitching row after row on gingham fabric.
I was introduced to sewing by my Mom. She had surgery and could not use her treadle machine so I pedaled and she sewed. My first project I made on my own was in Home Ec class in the 1950’s. We were divided into groups and given colors. Our project was to make an apron to match our kitchen. Mine was black and white checked gingham. We also had to cross stitch on it for embellishment.
My first major project was a wrap around skirt made in home ec.
My 1st major sewing project was boring: curtains for the new house! Had my mom over, and she helped me get them just right. Still have them, though they haven’t fit the windows in any of our houses since.
My first quilting project was a fence rail quilt in 2009 using an instruction book i bought in 1990! Even tho i have yet to quilt it, it hangs proudly in my living room….with basting stitches still in it!
My first hand sewing was tiny clothes for my Barbie dolls. The first machine project was an apron in Home Economics class 7th grade. I still remember the skills taught..I am so grateful for that teacher oh so long ago.
I just got my first sewing machine earlier this year as a late Christmas present. Had never used one before and thank goodness for youtube or it would have been thrown out the window. My first big sewing project was a twin size pinwheel quilt. I have been hooked since then and already have several different quilt projects in the works.
i was in jr. high and it was a sndress.
I made my first sewing project while in 4-H. I was a A-Line dress. I was in the 5th grade at the time. That was a long time ago. I have been sewing since. I now make quilts, bags and other projects. I have moved away from clothing projects because I can’t seem to find patterns that are made for normal people.
My first sewing project was making a bra out of a t-shirt. My mon said I didn’t need one, so I made one (45 yrs ago).
My first sewing project was an apron that we had to make in Home Economics class a hundred years ago. Thanks!
my first quilt was a nine patch made of fabric scraps left from sewing for my daughter… She was 23 at the time!
My first sewing project was a dress made from some old draperies. I was in junior high school and didn’t have any money of my own, but my grandmother had a machine and thread. I didn’t have a pattern either, so I just cut it out by putting each part around me. What a surprise when it was finished because it was wearable. I have loved sewing since then and just this year have begun quilting by hand.
First project was a small duffle bag in home ec in 7th grade, but first project on my own was a baby quilt which i loved so much i kept for when i had my first… she is now two and that quilt is still going strong!
i don’t think I was more than 6 when I rec’d a gift of precut Barbie doll clothes and you had a double sided tape that you put on the seams instead of sewing. I learned to hand stitch as soon as I ran out of the tape and started making tube outfits. That was 50 years ago. My first quilting attempts were two quilts for my parents trailer. I was on my own, had no money, Christmas was right around the corner and thought, ‘what can I sew?’ Voila!
I forgot- the clothes were preprinted and you had to cut them out, not precut already!
My 1st sewing project was a purple short-sleeved dress with gold buttons down the front; made it junior high sewing class.
My first sewing project was a bright orange corduroy jumper with daisies on the neckline that I made in home economics in grade 7. My first quilting project was a red and white quilt I made for my daughter. It was made with 5 inch squares that I cut by hand using scissors and I made the quilt sandwich on top of our trampoline because our house was too small to do it inside. I have come a long way since then!
My first sewing project was a little yellow flannel pincushion. My best friends grandma sat us down when we were about 7-8 years old and said we needed to make one to keep our pins and needles free of rust. We sewed them up by hand, her teaching us the correct way to stitch them up. She lived to be 100 and always sewed on a treadle machine. I just turned 58 today and still have my little pincushion!
my first sewing project was sewing doll clothes. I used everything including leaves and flowers as well as cloth.
Well, I have not yet had a first quilting project because I don’t have a sewing machine yet. But my Mother is getting her a new one for Christmas & is going to give me her old machine, so as soon as I can start I plan on making a table runner. I look forward to lots and lots of quilting projects.
It was a quilt. My son still has it. I just found that out a few months back, it is over 20 years old. Being a new sewer back then, and self taught I would probably croak if I seen it again. Thanks for the generous giveaway.
my first quilt was a rag quilt for my granddaughter
My first project was a brown courdory a-line skirt in Hmoe economics class. I got hooked on sewing and have been sewing/quilting/crafting ever since!!!
I honestly can’t tell you want my first sewing project was because I’ve been sewing since I was a kid. I do remember sewing clothes for my Barbies with leftover scraps of fabric from my mom. I also made my Barbies (and my brothers’ G.I. Joes) sleeping bags out of felt and elastic. And there was the Christmas I made the whole family (all 6 of us) full-sized Christmas stocking, each one personalized with a different fabric. We used those for many Christmases!
My first project was Sugar Glider pouches……they are all snuggly and warm!
The first project I made on my own was flannel PJ’S for my boys and a granny gown for my daughter when I was 24. I hadn’t touched a machine since 8th grade. I had no idea if I could even do it. I wasn’t too thrilled with Home Ec in school. I just dove in and hoped for the best. I cut them all out at the same time and don’t now which one I finished first. But I did a good job and was thrilled. That was 42 years ago.
I made my first dress when I was eight years old. My big sister got a sewing machine for her 16th birthday, but she had no interest in sewing. I was fascinated by it so my Mom bought me fabric and a pattern…I’m now 54 and still sewing!
I learned to embroider by hand at age 7, but my first machine project was a patchwork pillow at age 10.
My first project was an apron, sewn by hand. A neighbor woman taught her daughters and I to make and said we had to master hand sewing before we could use a machine! That was when I was 8, and now I am considerably older!
It was the home ec standby, the gathered skirt. I finished it, but don’t remember ever wearing it!
My first sewing project was a pair of pants for my Barbie doll. I was 6 years old, and had been watching my mother sew. I didn’t think she would let me use her machine, so I sewing them entirely by hand. Mom bragged about how I had invented a new pattern style: my pants legs only had one seam each!
One of my first projects was a bean bag shaped like a teddy bear and filled with soy beans out of my Grandpa’s gravity wagon in the barn. I sewed it up on my Grandma’s treadle. My first quilt top was a Joann Fabric BOM. I still have the top to remind me how far I have come with my piecing skills. Someday I will practice my quilting on it.
My first project sewn on Mom’s Kenmore when I was five was a lavender gingham apron. That was fifty seven years ago, and I’m still going strong! I sewed professionally for years, but now I sew for the grandkids.
My first sewing project was a drawstring beach bag in 7th grade Home Ec. We then moved on to a skirt. Have loved sewing ever since!
My first sewing project was an apron in home ec in jr high. It gad the most crooked pocket. My first quilting project was last month and was a quilt for my granddaughter
My first sewing project was when I was in Home Economics in Grade Nine. I made a jumper for my 2 year old niece. My first quilt was about 25 years ago and I still have it even though it’s getting pretty ratty.
I started sewing VERY young -5/6? My grandmother was always sewing quilt patches by hand so I learned hand sewing putting “patches” together (to this day, my favorite quilt is a depression style made of scraps from the dresses that were made for me to start kindergarten.) My first completed projects were Barbie Doll clothes: a skirt and an A-line mini dress perfect for the swinging ’60’s.
My first sewing project was a gathered skirt for 4-H when I was 10 years old. Many years ago!
My first quilting experience were 3 twin size quilts for my son’s about 20 years ago . My second oldest son made reference to his in a letter he wrote to me and my husband before he left th ok s earth 4 years ago. The quilt was a disaster I thought but it was a masterpiece to him. I have been quilting ever since.
My first sewing project using a sewing machine was a pin cushion using wool frabric during my first year in 4-H. Before that I tried making doll clothes for my sister’s Barbie.
I sewed in home ec but my first quilting project was a throw I made in a beginners class at my local quilt shop. Wanted to start doing it right from the beginning.
i hemmed some flour sacks so my grandma and I could do some handwork. I loved grandma so much. And I try to be a good grandma to my 13 grandchildren.
My first sewing project was a pink gathered skirt with a four inch hem and hook and eye closure. I was ten.
My first quilt was a queen-size sampler. My inspiration was a Hoffman print.
First sewing project was an outrageous pair of bell bottoms – I wore them out!
My first sewing project was a dress for myself, on Mom’s treadle machine.
My sewing project was a mini skirt in home economics in Junior High. My next sewing project was 35 years later and it was pleated drapes for my mother.
The first project I remember was an elastic waisted skirt for 4-H when I was about 7 or 8. I got a blue ribbon at the fair! I so t remember a time that I wasn’t sewing, however. The machine was always out and always available for my sisters and me to create something.
My very first sewing experience was making a pair of underpants from a flour sack at my neighbor’s home using her hand cranked sewing machine when I was about 10.
My first project was on my great grandmas treadle machine. Made doll clothes. Then in 7th grade made a apron and have not stopped yet. Don’t tell anyone but am 63, about a year ago started quilting and am having a ball.
I started sewing doll clothes sixty seven years ago on mom’s treadle. a few years later I was making myself clothes. then in eighth grade, I made a pair of pajamas for class, that turned out so bad, I never brought them home.
My first sewing project ,as an adult , was a belly dancing costume for a 74 year old belly dancer ( and fitness trainer ! ) Turns out the costume was a wee bit too risque` fr her liking and let me keep it. I still have it in my costume collection. She set me on a path to do better with my sewing. I started making Rag quilts a few years later; the first of many was made for my youngest daughter who was 14 at the time. She still has it, and my skills improve with every rag quilt I make.
My very first sewing project was an apron in 4-H and the second was a pair of PJ’s in Home Ec. This was back in the 1950’s. The PJ’s were pink and gray which was very popular at the time. I still have a picture of me wearing them at a sleepover at my friend’s house. My first quilting project was in about 2008 and was a log cabin. I STILL need to sew on the binding! SOMEDAY!!!
My first sewing project was when I was about 8 years old, I made doll dresses for my little doll using the doll as a pattern. They were not great but I thought they were. My first quilting project was when I won a Jamone 760 sewing machine and I bought a quilt kit not having any idea of its challenge. It was a double heart bargello quilt with 3 borders that were mitred. Boy did I learn about quilting. Good thing I didn’t know it was difficult. It turned out great.
My first sewing project was learning how to embroider a straight line across a tea towel. My grandmother embroidered all the time, I still have the towel and few of her pieces.
My first quilting project was a baby quilt for my daughter, 41 years ago. She passed it on to her daughter two years ago, and soon a second granddaughter will be wrapped in its warmth and all the love of each stitch.
My first quilt was an embroidered animal circus quilt. The pre-printed squares with the cutesy animal clowns,etc. All different colors. Sashed with flour sacks that you could still get and backed with a grain/flour bag (?). A big one that was from my grandmother’s farm. I had called the 4 generation quilt, 4 generations had been involved in some way. It was for my first child. That was in 1980.
I started making Doll clothes as a child.
The first one I remember was a log cabin quilt at a Quilt in a Day seminar with my sister-in-lar.
My Mom was a seamstress, so I grew up sewing, even though I really didn’t like it! I made a very complicated eyelet dress in home ec. I did it but didn’t sew again for years! My first quilt was a t-shirt quilt from t-shirts purchased on a Route 66 trip in 2008. I have made several t-shirt quilts since for graduating grandchildren.
I was always intrigued by quilting but wasn’t sure how to start. A local quilt shop offered classes and I jumped in! I started with a table runner and ended up making 14 of them. I was hooked!
The first sewing projects I remember are doll clothes, by hand a dress for my Wendy Walker doll, and gowns for my Barbie(R) dolls, with scraps from my sisters’ weddings. Pink, Purple and multi-green.. still have some of them.
i started making Barbie doll clothes with needle and thread at a young age. At around 12 I made an A-Line skirt in 4h. It was my one and only year in 4h. My mom wanted me to learn to sew. I guess she thought one year was enough! I have gone on to learn a great deal more about sewing and I love piecing quilts. I have given away many, many quilts to family and friends. I now help others with sewing and quilting questions.
This may not be my first project, but is my most memorable one. 9th grade sewing class, last marking period I was sick for most of the time. Had not been able to finish my class project so while I was home sick, my mom purchased everything needed to make a new dress. In order to get a grade for the class, my teacher asked me to wear my dress to school. I did and my teacher didn’t believe that I made my dress. She accused my me of having my mom make it for me because the dress had: a skirt lining, a bodice lining, elastic casings, darts, zippers, layers of ruffles and ribbon straps. My question to my teacher was: “How could my mom make this when she is a single mom working everyday?” My teacher didn’t like my answer but did give me an “A” for the making period and passed the class.
My mother said I used to thread the needle by my self and mend dad’s socks when I was about four. My first project was a gym bag for seventh grade and that same year I made three skirts for my sisters and myself. That was about 1971 and I still sew!!
My first quilt was about 3 years ago. It was a triangle quilt that I also hand quilted. My aunt was working on one when I visited her and my uncle. I told her I would love to learn to make a quilt. She taught me that weekend and I love quilting. It is the best thing I do to relax. Working on 4 baby quilts right now.
My first sewing project was a part of a quilt. All the girls in my Girl Scout group had to sew 6 squares together. Our leader put those together and made a big quilt for a raffle.
My first sewing project was a skirt and top when I was 10 year old, I finished the skirt with no problems and went on to the top, it had set in sleeves, a basic neckline and a zipper in the back all went well, the last thing was the zipper, I carefully sewed in in and when I was done it looked perfect, I ran to show my Mom and as I held it up to show her I realized I had sewed the zipper to the front of the top, so I ripped it out and sewed it again, but this time it was not nearly as perfect as it was the first time. I wore my outfit with pride and have been sewing and quilting for over 51 years now.
I was six or seven, and I wanted to sew. My mother took me to JC Penney’s and I picked out a pattern (sack dress), and cotton fabric, white with little blue flowers. I waited and waited for my Mom to help me, I finally just started on my own. Trial and error. When it came to the zipper, I used the wrong kind of zipper and put it in all wrong. Rip, rip, rip, To this day, I like putting zippers in. I actually wore that dress. Sac dress, now that dates me. I have been sewing ever since. The other day I was giving sewing lessons at a youth ranch and a little guy asked me how long I had been sewing. When I told him over sixty years, he asked me if they had electricity when I was a kid.
My first se wing project was a quilt for my great aunt Whitten I was 30. She passed away shortly thereafter, but loved the fact that someone in the family tree was quilting.
I use to make all my sisters doll clothes while everyone else was outside playing, I would have my sewing machine on a milk crate on the porch so I could get fresh air doing what I loved( and still do) sewing! I’m still making things for my sister and it warms my heart how much she appreciates it.
My first sewing project was a summer dress made from 2 terrycloth panels tied together with large cording. My mom supervised and coached as I was around 11 or 12 at the time.
My first sewing project was a blanket for me on Christmas Day and my first quilting project was vintage fabric quilts I made for my little niece
Home Ec. 7th. grade. Made a skirt and keep on sewing. I’m now making quilts and loving it.
My first experience with sewing was in Home Economics at school and that was a skirt….lately I have been doing a lot of Quilting….
My first quilt was for my niece when she was little. It was a cow themed quilt and l couldn’t believe l made it when l was done!
In middle school I made an apron in home economics class…. In high school I found a pattern in a magazine for the honeybee quilt block and made it into a pillow… 36 years ago… I’m still quilting and still have the pillow!
My first sewing project was doll clothes
my 1st project was an embroidered handkerchief for my grandmother
My very first finished quilt. It took me a year from start to finish.
I believe it all started with sewing cards…cardboard and yarn about the age of 4, then progressed to sewing little felt projects: small stuffed mice and Christmas ornaments. I also remember sewing little beaded and sequined dresses for my troll dolls.
My first sewing project was a cow out of socks with strips at the top. I made it in the 4th grade. My mom love it but instead of giving it to her I gave it to her best friend. She never said anything but I know it hurt her, it has bothered me ever since! My daughter returned the favor, she made a ceramic jar as her 1st and gave it to my mom. I still want to go back and make that cow for her.
Other than the sewing done in high school my first stab at quilting was placemats. I was hooked. that was 14 years ago and now I am a fabric and quilting addict. I sew everyday and most of my computer time is spent on looking at new patterns and fabrics.
My Grandmother was always sewing and quilting, so it was just natural that I would too! I would set by her on a stool while she sewed on her Singer Treadle machine, watching her pump it up and down. The day came when she was going to help me make my first quilt. After cutting out the pieces, we used polyester…the old kind that was thick and stretchy! I guess I was about 7 or 8 and it was thrilling to be allowed to use her machine. I had to learn how to keep it all going, but it was so much fun. I still have the quilt as a keepsake! So many fond memories on that old machine! The quilt was a simple rectangle pieces sewn together and not exactly lined up all the time, but it was great one on one time with my Granny!
I’ve been sewing so long that I can’t remember my first sewing project. The very first thing I made in home education was an elastic waist skirt … last Christmas, I made some beautiful quilted table runners and candle placemats for my 5 kids.
My first sewing project was in 6th grade. We had to make a pizza pillow. My mother told me at the time that she absolutely loved it but when I got older, she let me know that it was the ugliest thing she had ever seen. LOL
A potholder in jr. high home ec.
I had to make an apron in 9th grade it got an A+. Mom uses it sometimes.
My first sewing project was a doll dress on my Christmas present when I was 6 years old. A little pink sewing machine that worked by turning the handle on the side of the machine.
my first project was a very (very) homely pillow
My first sewing project was a pillow in the 7th grade.
My first project was my gym bag made in my Homemaking class at school. I had to embroider my name on the front. It was just a flat piece of fabric with channels at the top for rope closures.
My first sewing project was an outfit for my cabbage patch doll. It was a circle skirt, sleeveless shit and little jacket with a round collar. And I was about nine. 🙂
When I was 8 years old, my grandparents gave me for first sewing kit for Christmas. I spent the day making my doll a dress. I have enjoyed sewing every since. I made my first quilt about 5 years ago out of my daughter’s dresses from when she was little.
My first project was a table cloth.. I bombed.
My first sewing project was an apron for 4-H. My first quilt was a tshirt quilt for my son.
I played around with fabric scraps for years as a child but my first real project was a summer shorts outfit that my Aunt helped me to sew. My first quilt was an appliqued crib quilt for a shower gift.
Years ago, there was a sewing shop where my parents lived that had all sorts of classes for kids. When I was four, I learned how to sew a fabric Christmas ornament. It was a mess, but I did it. 😉 I still have that ornament nearly 40 years later!
a baby blanket for my first daughter.
My first sewing project was when I was 8 and made a wrap skirt with my mom’s help.
ive been working on making a quilt im not done yet though
My first sewing project was a pillow. It turned out ok!
My first project that I remember is a shirt that I made in 7th grade home-ec. I wish they still taught home-ec in school.
The first that I remember was an apron in junior high home ec class. But I’m sure I did something in girl scouts before that. My first quilt that I finished was a baby quilt for my great nephew who is now in high school. Until then all quilt blocks became pillows.
I have never made a quilt. I just bought my first sewing machine and want to learn.
My first quilting project was a pink and silver scarf. I was so proud when I finished it 🙂
My first quilting project was an Eeyore quilt that my neighbor taught me to make.
It was twin size and I made it for my daughter.
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I think my first sewing project was a little duck plushie.
I used to make a lot of clothes for my Barbie dolls when I was younger. Then I had sewing in school and the teacher made me put a back seam on my pants so I pitched them after I got my grade. Hated them that way. Mostly I made more crafts. I used to hand-quilt a lot of pillows with a nice cross-stitch insert and I am heading more back to the quilting.
I am new to sewing and making small projects at this time. I just finished a lap rag quilt and now I am completely addicted to making quilts.
My first was making a wrap around skirt in home economics class in high school..It came out pretty good for being my first attempt at sewing 🙂
we made patchwork pillows in elementary school 🙂
My first project was to sew a small stuffed pillow.
My first quilting project was a pillow I made for my dad. It was inspired by his job as a Mailman and had the mail carrier symbol on it.
My first sewing project was a small stuffed elephant in 8th grade Homemaking class. I wish I still had that elephant. Ah well.
I started a quilt when I was pregnant, hoping to finish it to use with my baby. Unfortunately, I had a difficult pregnancy & it became low priority. She is now 7 months old, I really should try to finish it now!
I’ve been sewing since I was a kid, but I honestly cannot remember what the first project was. My mother taught me how to sew. I’m guessing it was probably a simple elastic waist skirt.
My first project was a pair of shorts for 7th grade Home Ec. I still have them somewhere.
As a Halloween costume, I sewed patches on jeans to look like a hobo.
My first sewing project was in 6th grade, we had to embroider our dance festival skirts.
my first sewing project was a dressy shirt for myself.
My very first sewing project was a bow neck tie for my dog. I was really excited to get my first sewing machine and I found a shirt of mine that was way too small and decided to use that as fabric. Unfortunately, it was a not stretch fabric, and never ended up fitting over his poor little head.
My first sewing project was sewing clothes for my barbie dolls
My very first was at the age of 11 – I took a sewing class and we made a t-shirt. No one told me that knit fabric – with stripes no less would end my sewing attempts for years!
My first sewing project was a long swirl skirt I made in 7th grade!
A quilt. I never ended up finishing it. Pj pants were the first thing I finished.
My very first sewing project was a stamped cross-stitch potholder with an owl on it…..and 50 years later, I still have it! I have started sewing quilts now to pass on to my kids and hopefully soon grandkids.
My first sewing project was making a basic square pillow in Stagecraft class.
A patchwork lap quilt with my mom!
It was a cross-stitch kitchen towel compliments of an aunt who wanted me to learn to sew.
It was so long ago that I really don’t remember. I do remember first practicing sewing without thread on dotted lines on paper.
My first sewing project was curtains.
My first sewing project was a drawstring bag in yellow and white gingham for Home Ec class in the 9th grade. I fell love with sewing after finishing that bag. Thank you
My first unassisted project was making a blanket for my newborn daughter.
My first sewing project was a apron I made in school.
Aloha shirt with the neighbor. Fixed cutoffs too.
My first sewing was on patchwork quilts my Mom and Gramma would work on out of the scraps from our clothes they made. My first business was sewing and selling Barbie clothes when I was 12!!! Enjoy sewing!
My first sewing project was a dress in home ec class when I was in 10th grade 🙂
my first quilt was made with my grandma i love it
My first sewing project was cutting some of Barbie’s clothes an inch shorter so they would fit a shorter doll. My mom wasn’t very happy. LOL
My first sewing project was a throw pillow!
Quilting is something I have always wanted to do!
crocheting bows for our Christmas tree when I was a kid =) They still get added to our family tree now that I’m an adult!
I can remember doing some things in Home Economics in school but I think my first project once I was in my own house was to make some throw pillows!
MY 1st sewing project was in homeck and it was an apron made with froggie material with lots of pockets:)