The Imaginative Seamstress

:sigh: where to start? Early this morning I was looking at my notes from two ladies whom I've recently made swimwear for. One was a maternity suit and the other a custom order that I'd never before created, but she loved it! How awesome is that?!?! I am extremely thrilled when my suits fit well. The reason I am so pleased is because I draw my own patterns based on what has fit my family and I, other sizes are drawn from those. This is not the way I was taught to make these suits. My mom taught me to make most things without a pattern, and it was no different with these suits. Even though she had printed a women's and girl's swimwear pattern back in 1991, I had never even opened one! I was taught to make them starting with a garment that closely fit the person for whom I was sewing. Take it in here and there until it fit how you wanted it. I had no concept of how to make a suit for someone I had not seen unless I so happened to have a model (close frie...

Hello Everyone, My name is Savannah and I think I have finally found something that I can blog about! My passion for sewing and making things!  I have had a blog before but I didn't do anything with it. Like wise my journals, I have never kept one. Its sad, I've wanted to, but just could not stick with it. I have recently found that blogging is not near as hard as I had previously thought. So I am going to give this a whirl! I started this morning by posting a note on my facebook page. I realized that things like that should be posted in my blog too. This one is just getting off the ground though, I only opened it up yesterday. I would like everyone to know a little bit about me. First I am a follower of Christ and loved by Him to no end. He has given me a great imagination and talent...among many other wonderful things :-) I am the oldest of nine children, all of us born, raised, and schooled at home by our wonderful mother. A mother who taught us many things. One of th...