Sunflower Faith

Welcome to my first bi-weekly Sewing Encouragement. This is really just set up as a “showing off of my current sewing projects” and also with prayer, an encouragement to those who are either new to sewing by sewing machine or using the sewing needle, to pick up the skill and discover a lost art in homemaking.

I begun sewing as a way to not only learn a basic skill,but also to develop a craft of self-sustanability, since we had a lot of clothes around the home that although we do give away to those who are in need, also had me wondering, when times are tight or just being plain frugal, to create new clothing (i.e. skirts and such) from what we had as a way to also practice recycling our clothes.

We are blessed with many and sometimes forget that sometimes we have more at our disposal than we allow ourselves credit, so why not be creative and like the women of old who were never without and learn how to make use of everything from re-crafting a woman’s dress to that which could fit their daughters or in the classic “Gone with the Wind” scene of making a dress out of curtains, rediscover how to make what was once old, new again in our own homes and at our sewing machines or with the sewing needle.

So if you are looking for an excuse to learn how to sew or how to use the sewing machine, dear Sisters, I invite you to join me and other sisters, be it here, at Conservative Homeschooler or even on Facebook for some sewing encouragement.

To start off, let’s get to know each other about why and how we got started sewing to start off this bi-weekly meme with.

1. What encouraged you to start sewing?
2. Do you prefer a sewing machine or traditional sewing needle?
3. If you use a sewing machine, share a picture of it and what type!
4. Have you sewed anything yet or are you just starting out?
5. If you had one sewing project that is your goal to work on reaching what is it? (Make a dress, sew straight, make own clothes, etc.)

Thank you so much for participating in our first “Sewing Encouragment” and hope to see you in future posts. Each bi-weekly post,  I will share a sewing project for us to work on (I’m a novice sewer myself so we’ll be starting on a simple project and working our way up). Work at your own pace and when you finish the project, leave a link for that week’s project to your blog post on the linky that I’ll have posted,so we can have a chance to see what you’ve accomplished.

I’m a busy mom like yourself so don’t feel bad if you can’t get to a project or in the middle of a project, something comes up…for all you know, this may become a “Sewing Encouragement-Tackle those unfinished projects” meme. LOL!

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I also have a Sewing Exchange Group on Conservative Homeschooler-Raising a Generation for Christ, for the exchange of patterns and material to encourage those who are new to sewing or veteran sewers to the art of sewing/using the sewing machine and to also help out those who either are in need of material or would like to participate in material exchanges with other fellow seamstresses.

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Sunflower Faith is a quiet, sometimes silly, sometimes sarcastic, sometimes serious, follower of Christ sharing words of devotion, encouragement and hope that is always about our Father in Heaven. So grab a cup of coffee and join Sunflower Faith in words of growth, hope and more all in the spirit of 2 Peter 1:5-8.

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