Coats & Clark is celebrating our 200th Anniversary in 2012 and would like you to share your sewing stories with us and for the next generations to read.
Enter the Share Your Sewing Stories GiveawayHow it works:
Submit your sewing story between now and July 31, 2012 and be entered to win 1 of 10 prize packages retail value of $200. The winners will be randomly selected and announced on August 8, 2012. Your story can be about how you learned to sew or quilt, what you enjoy about sewing, what you learned along the way or anything regarding sewing or quilting!
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Hi, My name is Bridget. I started sewing ...
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My name is Bridget. I started sewing at around 9 years old. My mom asked my cousin to teach myself and my sister one summer. She had taken 4-H sewing so she had simple projects to start with. I loved it. Picking out fabric, pattern, adding embellishments, it was all so much fun!. I sewed all of my clothes in high school. and latter made custum baby bedding. I now quilt for fun, and belong to two quilt groups. I love the color, texture and the simple pleasure of just sewing on the machine. Watching the recipient receiving a hand made item brings me much joy. I have many old spools of thread, Coats & Clark, wooden spools, noticing that some day they may not be made of wood anymore. So thankful I kept those spools. I am very thankful to my mother for encouraging me to sew, and to my cousin for having the patience! My relaxing time is sewing! -
Ever since I can remember my great grandmot...
Ever since I can remember my great grandmother has always used Coats & Clark products when sewing fun little stuffed animals for all of us great grandchildren and now as I am getting older I have relied on Coats & Clark products in my exploration in the sewing world.
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I was born in Paisley, Scotland and came to...
I was born in Paisley, Scotland and came to America as a young child. My Aunt Mary lived in Paisley and worked in the thread mill. For years my Aunt would send spools of Coats and Clark thread to me but I didn't know how to sew. When she retired, she was presented with a beautiful granddaughter clock engraved with a plaque which reads: "Presented to Mary A. Gallacher by J & P Coats Ltd for loyal service 1922-1962". When Aunt Mary died she left the clock to me. I'm almost 60 now and just about three years ago my best friend taught me how to sew and I've since made several quilts using Coats and Clark thread. I love it and finally feel that I am honoring my dear Aunt Mary.
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My name is Grace and I have a sewing school...
My name is Grace and I have a sewing school that I started in 2010, I have students of all ages, I started my school (Graces School of Sewing) because the schools around here where I live in INDIANA took sewing out f the schools, and it's so sad that they did this-all girls love too sew. I wanted too keep a legacy for all kids to learn and sew, as they get older they will have learned a great skill. I have been sewing since 4th grade, I do teach at a private school 2 days a week, and love it. I teach thru a program called KIDS CAN SEW .The kids make all kinds of clothes. Blouses, skirts, jackets, fleece pants.
I also have a Style Show once a year for them to model their clothes. I'm 66 years old and hope I can teach them for a very long time in the future. Thank You -
when i was growing up, after school when yo...
when i was growing up, after school when you finished you homework you did not watch TV,
my grandmother taught me to cook, and my aunt Lottie taught me to sew on the old peddle sewing machine, many enjoyable hours were spent learning how to sew and help her doing projects ( she made all her cloths and my grandmothers) i look upward every time i start to sew and say " thank you aunt Lottie for teaching me all you knew" i now tailor m own cloths ( pants , shirts, jackets and so on) it was a wonderul gift she gave me and am always grateful she taught me and have wonderful memories of us each time i start to sew something -
I have done needlearts of all kinds since t...
I have done needlearts of all kinds since the age of 3-1/2. My first project was a cross stitch one in one of the plastic frame/hoop. Mine was pink and I still have it. My Mom was a fantastic seamstress. She would make coats that matched for me and my doll but could not work from a pattern. My parents bought a Singer sewing machine on time payments and got someone to teach me to sew. I joined the 4-H and remember making a dress - mint green cotton - that I took the zipper out and replaced 4 times. To this day I hate zippers. I did well though and the dress went on to the State Fair. I didn't win but that was ok. I learned to crochet but since my Mom couldn't read directions, I only learned to chain. I taught myself from a Red Heart learn to crochet book. Same for knitting. I made all my clothes through high school and college. When I married and got a home, all my pillows, curtains, and home dec was sewn by me. My mother-in-law was a seamstress by profession and taught me much. I also did large intricate needlepoint pictures. Today I am a quilter, doing mainly traditional quilts. I love hand applique and am working on a Baltimore album quilt. I also teach others. I recognize the threads some 1939 since I have some of them from my family. Did I mention I used to be the one to darn my Dad's socks since he said I did a better job then Mom. Of course, he never told Mom that. Today I also do machine embroidery which I incorporate into some of my quilts. Needless to say, sewing is an important part of my life.
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4-H projects were my first creations when I...
4-H projects were my first creations when I learned to sew in 1967. Within a couple of years, I was winning purple ribbons in the Dress Review (which involved modeling, first in front of judges, then at the County Fair in front of several hundred people) and entering the "Make It Yourself With Wool" contest. When I got to college, I used my sewing knowledge to work in costuming. I took a long break from sewing, mostly just using a machine to alter cool vintage finds and once or twice I would plan to make something, but quit because of a zipper or buttonhole problem. Then, in 2009, I received the family 1962 Elna (pictured here). The machine came back to me like a long lost friend and I embraced it with all my heart. I have been sewing steadily since then, more often than not recycling old garments available for .50 or 1.00 into new and valued creations. Coats & Clark thread and zippers have been there for me throughout these 45 years as a reassuring constant of quality.
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I proudly come from a long line of people w...
I proudly come from a long line of people whose lives were abundant with thread and fabric. It is exciting for me to recently discover my roots in Paisley, Scotland. My maternal great-grandmother was born there in 1840 and both sides of her family worked in the weaving and bleaching industry in and near Paisley!! I was able to visit Paisley in August 2011 with my daughter and my cousin who was born and lives in Chester, UK. we walked the areas our family walked and visited the museum in Paisley highlighting the history of the weaving industry and the beginnings of Coats & Clark. I would love to believe my family could have worked with the Coats & Clark industry, but I cannot document that. I spent my entire life using Coats & Clark threads and still have some of my Grandmother's wooden C&C spools (whose roots are in Paisley.) My paternal grandmother was a seamsstress and taught me to sew. She had worked in a coat factory during the war. I always had a "new" coat. I have enjoyed making my own clothes and my children's clothes. I most recently entered the wide world of quilting in 1989. I was a piecer for a quilter(cottage industry) and was introduced to longarm machine quilting. In 2001 I purchased a longarm and started my own business and am still loving it today!! I guess you could say of my life that "a thread runs through it". and most often from the spools of Coats & Clark thread:)!!!
