fresh enthusiasm...

i wasted no time

getting to know

my new little...

.

sewing machine

my paternal grandparents

were in town for

christmas that year

grandma hillick

was a seamstress

so she was able to

guide me through the set up

i chuckle as i view

the big kitchen shears

in my hands...

from the beginning...

i'm so often

asked this question

now that i have...

.

my mom and dad in our kitchen ~ christmas 1967

north canton, ohio

...a store

that sells fabric

do you sew?

followed by

how did i get started

so i thought

it might be enjoyable

to go back to the beginning...

christmas 1967

the day i received my first

sewing machine...