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Joëlle's Sewing Experience:
My sewing experience goes far back to when I was about 7, wow that means I have 33 years of experience! Well, sewing is something that I was surrounded with all of my life. One grandmother worked with the heavy fabrics i.e. Home Decorating and Upholstery. Those machines were very large an bulky and kinda scary looking when you are 7. The needles were very thick and the thread going through the needle was so thick that l saw the twisted lines -just like a twisted rope - on it. The fabric was just as thick, the leather's, suede's and heavy fabrics that will sustain years of wear and tear. This type of fabric required very large heavy duty scissors (scary too) and all of the notions used were very large.
I learned the difference between Upholstery fabric and Clothing fabric at a young age. How did I know the difference?...Well my other grandmother worked with the lighter fabrics used for clothing. She created baby's clothing, children's clothing, wedding dresses and just about anything. She would make her own patterns out of anyone's ideas. She would work with store patterns, (well kinda) she would just briefly look at them and just "know" what to do and off she would go. Her machines were very small, compared to a Upholstery sewing machine. The notions were smaller and not so scary looking...but beware of the pins! The pins were so small that they would get lost in the carpet from time to time...lots of times.. and ouch! You get to know the feeling of a pin stabbing shockwave going though your body at a very young age! Sooo I learned to always look down and around when going into her sewing room and sitting on the floor to watch her sew.

My mom also had a sewing room at home and she showed me all of the basics of sewing. I was destined to learn to sew (and do a bunch of other crafts, too). I was supplied with many scraps from my mom's fabric stash. I would think about things I could create with those scraps of fabric.

I would be so happy when I found a LARGE scrap... those were hard to come by, of course. Large scraps became great creations. I was a very good pinner (is there such a word?), so I would be pinning, pinning, and pinning my scraps together in preparation to sew. I must have pinned every 2 cm's! Finally, I would be ready to sew...slowly, of course..the machines back then would not be able to go over pins and with the amount of pins I had in my creation, I might as well stitched it by hand! My first project (successful project) would be ..Voila!.... a toothbrush holder! It seemed to take F-O-R-E-V-E-R (and it probably did) to complete, but I was proud of myself. Now that I look back at the logistics of it all, it is funny. Two Rectangles, turned inside out with an opening at one end!

I went on to sew many things over the years, such as, Baby clothes, Children's clothes, Home Decorations, Quilts and more.

I am so happy to have had so much experience with sewing, it really helps me in my day to day business of running Jojo's (yes that is me) a.k.a. Joelle. I am happy to offer Help, Suggestions and Referrals to all of my friends.

Sewing is not my only craft, of course, I love to Scrapbook (when I have time and a large empty table to work on for a long period of time--like days). Nothing worse than taking everything out, organizing it, getting the creative flow going and having to put it away, lol! I also like to make jewelry, re-finish/paint furniture that I find on adventures, make cookies, pastries and cakes, too.

Well, I hope you enjoyed reading a bit about me, I enjoyed sharing :) E-mail me anytime I would love to hear from you. ~❤️ Joëlle