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LOL! I saw your post about making play clothes for the little ones, then you posted curtains, and I flashed back to the Sound of Music when Maria made play clothes out of her old curtain. My first thought was that this was your material for those play clothes!
Sorry....
My mom tried to teach me the arts of sewing and while I can find my way around a sewing machine a little bit, I am afraid it didn’t take, even though she tried her best.
I thought of Sound of Music, too.
Mother didn’t believe in store bought so I had to learn to sew. We certainly could afford store bought and I still don’t understand the problem. By 7th grade I was making all my clothes and remember taking my life savings and buying a White machine for $45 at Joske’s. It was plain jane with just a straight stitch and zig zag and did button holes. Thank goodness that peasant dresses were in style so easy peasy but had to beg to use Mother’s machine to put fancy stitches on the ruffles. There was also a cool wrap around pants “pattern” that was pretty much nothing but a huge rectangle of fabric and an elastic waistband. You’d put it on at your waist, shove the fabric between your legs and bring it up your backside and then a drawstring to secure at the waist.
Haha, yes, the curtains were previous projects. Being that they had square corners and no curves or intricate sewing pattern I thought that would be the best place for me to start.
My mom sewed some of our clothes, but gave up on it before I was old enough to learn.