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On Thursday, I took all our great teachers at The Handwork Studio on a field trip to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. There we saw Gee's Bend, a traveling quilt exhibit about the inhabitants of Gee's Bend in Alabama. It was a touching exhibit about the life and times of these quilters over the last 100 years. Yes, the quilts were beautiful and interesting, but as with all handcrafting, it is the back story that is truly fascinating. Gee's Bend is a rural area where descendants of slaves from Joseph Gee, a plantation owner in the 1800's, have lived and continue to live to this day.
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In our house, the perfect weekend for my 13 year old daughter would include a trip to the mall for a mini shopping spree. Perhaps she would find a 5th pair of perfect jeans or yet another pair of shoes she can't live without (I have no idea where she got that one from) or a cute little tee at only $45. Yet as we watch the news with fear in our hearts about the future of our economy and snap at our spouses because of the added tension in the house, we need to pull together as a family to find ways of protecting what money we have.
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September is National Sewing Month and retailers everywhere are celebrating by offering special sales and classes. Sewing is a wonderful craft and should be celebrated. However, one may question whether it is really important and why should they consider it for their child? Unfortunately, not a lot of research has been done that has measured the actual physical, mental and emotional benefits of doing this kind of crafting. However, one thing has been determined in a consumer report by the Home Sewing Association. In their 2004 Overview of the Sewing Industry by the now defunct HSA, it was found that you increase your chances of machine sewing as an adult if you learn before the age of 10. “Current sewers of all ages are significantly more likely than are lapsed sewers to have learned to sew at a very young age, under the age of ten. Lapsed sewers, on the other hand, more often learned as a teen or adult.” Besides the fact that the likelihood is greater to machine sew if you start young, what are some of the other benefits to your child? Although there is no scientific proof of the benefits, let me share with you my observations in my work as a needle arts educator for the last seven years.
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Well, ok so it wasn't quite the dog days of summer when we went to NYC on our fashion field trip. Actually, it was a magnificently beautiful day, however, everywhere we went, there were dogs! Nicole Miller had dogs. Bryant Park obviously had dogs. Mood Fabrics... more dogs. But the day was anything but a dog!
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Well we went on our annual trek down the NJ shore with my husband John, his mom, his three sisters, his cousin and their families. There were sixteen of us in all. Same town, same hotel, same beach, same water park, same mean lady who needle points all day by the pool and yells at the kids, but one thing that I try to change year to year is the craft I bring for the kids to learn.
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