My Love Of Sewing

I have been sewing since I was a child thanks to my father who was a tailor that trained in Italy in his brother's store that had a tailor shop.  He taught me so much and until this day too.  I remember when I was in grade 8, taking Home Ec (economics), he even showed me this awesome shop called Len's Mill where you could get a lot of great stuff at discounted prices and I still go there now by the way!

I was so fortunate to be given a vintage 70's SINGER 247 zig zag sewing machine with table from my father too!  It's a terrific little machine that I used a lot.

I also found another vintage 70's SINGER but it's a much better model from the UK.  It's the SINGER Stylist 513 sewing machine and table from Little Italy Toronto that was owned by a seamstress for only $45 Canadian this past year.  I couldn't resist because my latest was more solid and cherry and perfect for alterations, crafts and patterns but with a little more zoom!

It was missing those plastic thread holders so I just went to SewingWorld and picked them up and the felt for less than $10.00.  It's a tiny, tiny, wee, little shop but since the SINGER store shut down in Gerrard Square I kinda had to check it out.  It was okay but they don't honor refunds, only credit, so I won't be buying a brand new machine or anything major to be honest.  Walmart has some of those amazing new machines for way less and they have a terrific return policy too.

I especially love to sew miniature patterns for SKIPPER and the great thing is that it fits other 11.5" dolls too.  I found all of them on Ebay for a really great price.  Here is an example of one that I purchased:

I can't tell you how difficult it is to sew at times but I actually enjoy doing it very much and it's getting easier and easier to do so.  I am also in the process of even opening up my own Etsy shop too!

Here are my take on a couple of the Skipper inspired patterns I have made:

If and when my shop is established I might post a link to it.  

Well that's all for now.  Cheers!