When we became early teenagers, parents made it clear they couldn't really support much for teen fashion.

So 5 of us (all girls) learned how to sew our own clothing from scratch, with Mom mentoring us...or fixing big/serious mistakes. My brother sometimes helped my parents fix minor stuff when he got older.

At times, parents supplied the fabric since my mother had boxes of material and sewing notions/buttons. Or when we had part-time jobs, we bought our own fabric.




Edited by orchid (11/15/11 01:17 AM)
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