Sewing Exclusives was created to provide quality gifts and clothing: baby clothes, doll clothes, children's clothes, home and living accessories, dog clothes, etc. Our inventory grows daily and we accept custom orders.

Items on the site include many skills that are quickly fading from our culture. We feature hand and machine made items that include such skills as hand sewing, embroidery, applique, crocheting, smocking, and quilting.

I was fortunate to learn how to sew from my mother who was a professional seamstress in Houston, Texas. My mother worked as a seamstress out of our home and doing alterations for others at Lillie Ruben, Sakowitz, and Joske's in Houston Texas. Her clients also included many friends and neighbors as well as a few celebrities - the actress Gene Tierney and Barbara Bush are a couple that I can remember.

When I wanted to learn to sew around age 5, my mother let me hem flour sacks to be used as dish towels. I made my first skirt (for myself) at age 7. I learned to pattern and make doll clothes - perfecting this when I got my first Barbie doll. (I still have a number 2 Barbie). Since my mother often altered mink coats for her clients; I think my Barbie was one of the few dolls that actually had a mink stole.

I learned to crochet, quilt, and embroider from my maternal grandmother and my Aunt Sis (Lucille). They used a quilting frame that hung from the ceiling that had to be rolled up to the ceiling each evening. Since the only light in the room was provided by a single fixture in the ceiling - the quilts looked like stained glass windows - beautiful.

I have always loved sewing! I hope it shows in the quality of our items!