I was re-reading Margo's post and it got me to thinking...How many of our
family members are enjoying costuming since we became a member of h-costume?
Or maybe inherited the costuming gene? If so what kind of costuming?
All my kids like getting into costumes...sometimes for no real reason. We
Hmm...
My mother was a great one for sewing, being of that generation who could make
their own clothes regardless of the stupidity of the patterns of the day. She
was also pretty good at firing pins across the room as she worked rather than
use the pin tin. I spent my childhood pulling pins out
My girls always liked playing in the Shop with their friends and were on easy
call for public moments.? The 'quiet one' got to be a Wooly Mammouth in Skin
of our Teeth and she did a couple of stints as the Easter Bunny at a local
mall. Then she joined the Grundge crowd for a couple of decades.
My son enjoyed doing SF and fantasy costumes on stage with at SF cons
when he was younger (he is now finishing law school). My daughter, not
so much, although she clearly liked that I could make her a HAlloween
costume on the spot and do makeup. My Mom could sew, but she never
understood going
My husband's family all were in school plays as kids; they also entertained
the family by putting on skits, making costumes out of anything that was to
hand. One sister sewed but the other didn't until recently. Their mom was
always supportive and helped sew costumes for the cast past high school
I love costuming and productions for recitals or plays. My mom tried to teach
me to sew so many times but I'd start then toss it aside when it didn't turn
out right. I really started sewing quilts and baby clothes for my first
daughter. Hand stitching for most of the baby clothes. I learned
My mom was of the generation where more or less all girls learned how to
sew. She was, I would say, competent, and she helped me to get going. My
father’s mother was a really creative seamstress. I didn’t spend much
time around her, as she lived far away, but I must have inherited some