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My proudest sewing moment was when I was in seventh grade. I desperately wanted to be a gypsy for Halloween but did not have any gypsy-appropriate clothing. Buying something was out of the question as money for my mom, who often worked two jobs while raising me on her own. I spent a lot of time at my grandparents house and my grandmother had been a seamstress in her working days. She pulled together some old fabric from her scraps bag, coupled them with a couple of old items from her closet, and made for me a three-tiered gypsy skirt and a head scarf to wear for Halloween. That was the first time I had ever been shown how to use a sewing machine. She let me sew some of the pieces together myself, under her watchful eye- those were the crooked seams! I felt incredibly original when I went out with my girlfriends on Halloween - all of whom were also gypsies, but all wearing what I thought to be generic store bought items. I beamed with pride every time someone complimented my costume that evening.

Remembering that one simple skirt 17 years later almost overwhelms me with the love I knew my grandma had for me. She instilled many things in me, and amongst them was a love for creating things by hand. Though it was not an creation of my two hands, that skirt is my proudest sewing moment.

On another note, I am enjoying reading all of the stories on here. Everyone has such unique things to say!