Sinaisara

I can't remember when I wasn't crafting. When I was 6, I cut fabric squares, cut armholes, cut a strip of fabric and my dolls had new dresses. By the time I was 7, my mom had taught me to knit - of course my first piece started at about 2.5 inches wide and ended up at about 4 inches wide. When I was 12, my first niece was born and I bought some multi-color yarn and knitted her a blanket in a checkerboard pattern. To this day, I am not sure ... Read Full Bio »

I can't remember when I wasn't crafting. When I was 6, I cut fabric squares, cut armholes, cut a strip of fabric and my dolls had new dresses. By the time I was 7, my mom had taught me to knit - of course my first piece started at about 2.5 inches wide and ended up at about 4 inches wide. When I was 12, my first niece was born and I bought some multi-color yarn and knitted her a blanket in a checkerboard pattern. To this day, I am not sure what drew me to the orange and brown shaded yarn for that project. In mid-elementary school, Mother taught me how to weave potholders and an entrepreneur was born. I sold those for 25cents apiece and went to the Cubs' game with my Sunday School class and was able to dress my Barbie lavishly because I discovered a woman who made Barbie clothes and sold them for very low prices. In 9th grade, Mother and I split the cost of a Singer Touch n' Sew (the one with the pink front:) and I was able to add sewing to my repertoire. I still use that machine today, 45years later. When I was raising my children, I was so grateful for my love of crafting because crafting something is a process that has a beginning, a middle, and a completion-unlike raising kids! I was also able to make curtains, pillows, dust ruffles, etc, for our home and, when my niece of the orange blanket went to college, I was able to decorate her dorm room with rainbows. For quite a few years, I had a home cake decorating business and it was wonderful. Learning that skill also enabled me to give wedding gifts to our friends' kids that was special and saved them a lot of money. Oh my heavens, I just scrolled up and I realize I have gone on and on, so I will cut it off. Now I love making and selling my hand-crafted jewelry, but my favorite thing is to teach my granddaughters the skills my mother taught me as well as all of the others I have picked up over the years. Now THATis joy!