Remembering…small details

Exhale! Looking around about a few months ago, I discovered the take it further challenge site by Sharonb. I really like the challenge she has put together. I thought about the last two challenges in retrospect to myself. The little details in life and how they become a part of something much larger and things I remembered.  I thought about my creative soul and how when I was eight or nine years old, I had begun to make wearable art clothing for my dolls.  Oh! no Barbie couldn’t go out in any old plain jacket.  I had to decorate her jacket with patches and sequins. Small pieces of wool, silk and velvets became beautiful ensembles with embellishments for my dolls. These goodies were scraps given to me by my great aunt who was one of the most talented seamstress I had ever known. She had only a few customers who she equipped with gorgeous wardrobes. She could duplicate a designer coat for a fraction of its cost and did this many times for my mother.  My cousin,who was her granddaughter didn’t just wear the latest trends, she wore beautiful clothes that looked as if they came right off a Paris run way.  My aunt gave me my first glimpse into the world of creative sewing.  She had a sewing machine which must have been the first viking electronic sewing machine. I just remember it had all the bells and whistles. Lots of stitches and lights. She would add decorative stitches to a plain Jane dress and make it sing. Thus, began my creative soul, because when I was thirteen I wanted my own sewing machine. I got one that next year and I began sewing my own embellished wardrobe. Later on came traditional quilting and this evolved into art quilting. Something which started small is now a large part of my life and remembering the things that brought me here definitely share the same space and time. Exhale!