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New to Site and returning to sewing after 20+ years
awagnon Member since 5/7/12 Posts: 4	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 6/5/12 12:30 PM Hi everyone, I found this site a couple months ago and am very impressed with all the helpful tips here. Looking forward to learning and hopefully contributing to the wealth of knowledge! Would love to hear from any other fellow sewists here in North Texas! This site is AWESOME! Angela
jadamo00 Advanced NY USA Member since 3/13/06 Posts: 1233	Login to reply to this post In reply to awagnon << Like this post Date: 6/5/12 12:54 PM Welcome back! I was also away from sewing for many, many years. You're gonna love it (again)!
JillyBe Intermediate CA USA Member since 1/20/10 Posts: 3194	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 6/5/12 3:14 PM Welcome back! I've been sewing for 2-1/2 years (rather avidly....some friends think obsessivley....) after a 25+ year absence, and I am SO glad I'm back! All of the info & camaraderie available on the web makes it even better ------ http://jillybejoyful.blogspot.com/ a blog about creativity, sewing, vintage sewing machines, and...... life :)
tourist   Intermediate BC CANADA Member since 7/23/07 Posts: 5412	Login to reply to this post In reply to awagnon << Like this post Date: 6/5/12 6:39 PM Hi Angela - you are joining a pretty big club. Seems a lot of us hung up our scissors for awhile and then returned. Hope you have as much fun sewing and PR-ing as we are. ------ http://bgballroom.wordpress.com to follow the progress on my next ballgown.
marec   Intermediate OR USA Member since 5/11/08 Posts: 3538	Login to reply to this post In reply to awagnon << Like this post Date: 6/5/12 9:45 PM Welcome Angela, You will find almost everything you need here in order to jump back into garment sewing. I have been sewing seriously for about 4 years and this site is wonderful. ------ my blog: http://kf-biblioblog.blogspot.com/ Sewing through my pattern stash-125 completed.
Sewnforever   Member since 11/26/08 Posts: 24	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 6/6/12 5:26 AM Hi Angela, I sewed ("make it today wear it tomorrow") obsessively from a very young age then completely stopped for over ten years - originally because we moved house and I was swamped with curtain making. Feeling at a loose end one afternoon I opened some of the removal boxes containing my stash and found a half made skirt buried inside which I finished, wore and was complimented on . . . the rest is history. I suppose I have become obsessed again - can't let a day go by without being in my peaceful sewing room turning a length of beautiful fabric into a desirable garment. I don't sew to save money - tantalising emails offering new fabrics, patterns at discount prices, trips away involving visits to fabric stores see to that - but it's my relaxation and cheaper than therapy! Welcome back
Bobbi A Advanced Beginner NE USA Member since 3/23/12 Posts: 6	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 6/6/12 6:02 AM How fun to find there's a whole thread for those of us returning to sewing after a long absence! I started sewing seriously in college (therapy for a broken heart, lol) and for several years made most of my own clothes, being lucky that they fit right out of the envelope. Then I got sidetracked somewhere along the way. I would think about starting again from time to time, but dissatisfaction with fashions and fit issues that I had no idea how to tackle always kept me from doing much more than purchase a couple of patterns. I'm really serious about it this time, and determined to figure out how to get a good fit. I'm so happy to have found PR and all the amazing resources on the web! ------ Bobbi
marec   Intermediate OR USA Member since 5/11/08 Posts: 3538	Login to reply to this post In reply to Bobbi A << Like this post Date: 6/6/12 9:47 AM welcome to PR Bobbi! ------ my blog: http://kf-biblioblog.blogspot.com/ Sewing through my pattern stash-125 completed.
nitsel   Intermediate AR Member since 12/25/11 Posts: 95	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 6/6/12 9:45 PM I've also returned to sewing clothes after a long time of altering RTW clothes and making quilts. I'm so glad I found this site recently--I've learned so much already and I'm inspired to get back to garment sewing! (how come I have more fitting issues now than I did when sewing for myself 40 years ago? LOL) I think I'll need all the help I can get from the experts here!
marec   Intermediate OR USA Member since 5/11/08 Posts: 3538	Login to reply to this post In reply to nitsel << Like this post Date: 6/7/12 9:47 AM welcome nitsel, I am looking forward to seeing your work! ------ my blog: http://kf-biblioblog.blogspot.com/ Sewing through my pattern stash-125 completed.

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