Kathy Doughty shares her earliest sewing memory for National Sewing Month!
I was a Girl
Scout sewing badge flunky! I hated the
sewing machine as a young girl and never dreamed I’d ever sew anything. My life shifted dramatically when I moved to
Australia and left behind all of the defining people, places and things in my
life. I met a few friends at my first
son’s playgroup. One of them, Bronwyn
and her daughter Lucy, made me a quilt for my second baby Noah. I remember quite clearly on that day,
standing in the sun in my front yard as she handed me a quilt made with scraps
in a quarter square pattern and tied with a ribbon.
I looked at
it and gasped at the full realization of the sharing that had gone into making
it. I could see the decisions made as
they considered together what fabrics went where. Visions of possibilities swarmed through my
mind, I looked up at Bronwyn and said, “Teach me how to do this right now!”
I did not
know a thing about sewing but I have spent the last 24 years learning by
doing. Don’t let anyone fool you,
patience has nothing to do with making a quilt!
It’s all about learning in the moment, experimenting with color, design
and pattern. The best part is the
community of willing quilters that will happily share what they know. My quilting friends quickly became
family. Opening Material Obsession was
an exciting opportunity that simply allowed me to learn faster from my
customers and teachers as well as the groups and guilds I have encountered
along the way. It has become my voice
and the place where I am most me.
Make sure to sign up for a chance to win fabric from the Kathy Doughty along with our Coats Quilt+ thread! You will also be entered for a chance to win our Grand Prize giveaway featuring SEW many goodies including a Janome AMH-100 Machine!
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