Great article! Sewing is definitely in my family. My father's mother was a professional self employed seamstress which helped support her family. A good number of female ancestors sewed for a living and some taught others. On my mom's side, everyone sewed, but mostly to make their own clothes. An example is my mother's mother who was very diminuitive and slim. She often altered clothes to fit her small frame. She made my mother's wedding dress. My mother weighed 95 lbs, and kept losing weight due to nervousness. So there were constant adjustments.
Mom made all our clothes except for jeans. She made my Dad's tuxedo. Both my sister and I learned to sew early. I also needed to make clothes to fit as store bought often didn't fit. Mom also was creative, and I had some interesting outfits in my teens. Later she was part of a quilting group. She also embroidered and crocheted as did I.
So we had need, safety, love and belonging, and self esteem. I think our interests were varied, so we did a lot of other things besides sewing. Maybe that was self-actualization. :)
As usual Cale, your insights are fresh and very insightful. I really enjoyed your article and found some “self truths” for me, as to the why behind my love of sewing. Keep up the writing!
Great article! Sewing is definitely in my family. My father's mother was a professional self employed seamstress which helped support her family. A good number of female ancestors sewed for a living and some taught others. On my mom's side, everyone sewed, but mostly to make their own clothes. An example is my mother's mother who was very diminuitive and slim. She often altered clothes to fit her small frame. She made my mother's wedding dress. My mother weighed 95 lbs, and kept losing weight due to nervousness. So there were constant adjustments.
Mom made all our clothes except for jeans. She made my Dad's tuxedo. Both my sister and I learned to sew early. I also needed to make clothes to fit as store bought often didn't fit. Mom also was creative, and I had some interesting outfits in my teens. Later she was part of a quilting group. She also embroidered and crocheted as did I.
So we had need, safety, love and belonging, and self esteem. I think our interests were varied, so we did a lot of other things besides sewing. Maybe that was self-actualization. :)
As usual Cale, your insights are fresh and very insightful. I really enjoyed your article and found some “self truths” for me, as to the why behind my love of sewing. Keep up the writing!
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