{"id":26531,"date":"2013-05-08T05:49:46","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T09:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=26531"},"modified":"2015-01-01T00:16:10","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T05:16:10","slug":"train-up-a-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/08\/train-up-a-child\/","title":{"rendered":"Train up a child…."},"content":{"rendered":"

“Train up a child in the way he should go:\u00c2\u00a0 even when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Karoline<\/a>

Karoline sewing on her grandmother’s Featherweight<\/p><\/div>\n

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This Scripture applies to more than spiritual guidance.\u00c2\u00a0 Now a successful nurse practitioner, Karoline began sewing here at our home when she was 7 and has never stopped.\u00c2\u00a0 She was one of my daughter’s dearest friends from toddler days.\u00c2\u00a0 Karoline went to church with us and joined us for family vacations.\u00c2\u00a0 She was like one of the family.<\/p>\n

After she graduated from high school, I didn’t see Karoline for many years. Recently, she moved back to the area with Benji, her Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, and Mr. Whiskers, an orange marmalade cat. \u00c2\u00a0 Yesterday, we had a joyous reunion and a fabulous day sewing on a special project for Benji.<\/p>\n

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Now can’t help strolling down memory lane, recalling Karoline’s enthusiasm and projects she had through the years.\u00c2\u00a0 And\u00c2\u00a0 the fun.\u00c2\u00a0 She was a really fun child to be around.<\/p>\n

When she was made the new owner of her grandmother’s Singer Featherweight, she was hooked.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 It’s clear now that a lifelong sewist was born at that time.\u00c2\u00a0 For sleepovers, she packed up her Featherweight just as routinely as she packed her nightie and tooth brush.\u00c2\u00a0 She and Rebecca alternately ate popcorn and sewed until bedtime, then resumed stitching in the morning.\u00c2\u00a0 They always had a sewing project going.<\/p>\n

In my sewing classes, she made quilts,<\/p>\n

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\"K<\/a>

making a twin size quilt on my Bernina 930<\/p><\/div>\n

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and a basic heirloom sewn nightgown.<\/p>\n

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\"K<\/a>

joining beading to edging on my Elna 7000<\/p><\/div>\n

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Along with 8 other girls, she made porcelain dolls on the back porch with my mother and sewed their clothing in the dining room with me.<\/p>\n

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She made a puff-paint Noah’s Ark applique’ play outfit at a 4-H workshop.\u00c2\u00a0 That’s my daughter Rebecca,\u00c2\u00a0 pre-orthodontia, with the blue ribbon in her hair.<\/p>\n

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She smocked a Christmas ornament and then a lace edged collar. \u00c2\u00a0 She knitted a sweatshirt yoke. She loved needlework.<\/p>\n

Then, on her 10th Christmas morning a new top-of-the-line Bernina 1130 sat waiting for her under the tree.\u00c2\u00a0 Karoline was over the moon!\u00c2\u00a0 Of course, most adults would be over the moon with such a gift, but her parents wanted to encourage her interest in sewing.\u00c2\u00a0 Now, 20+ years later, she is still sewing on that Bernina.\u00c2\u00a0 Clearly this gift has achieved its mission.<\/p>\n

So after being away for many years, she came yesterday for some help designing and sewing up a special Benji project she had in mind. \u00c2\u00a0 Daily, Karoline walks her adorable pooch with this little pouch attached to the leash. It holds dog waste bags.<\/p>\n

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But what she wanted was a bag that also <\/em> could hold her cell phone.<\/p>\n

Karoline arrived carrying a tote bag with a tin of delicious homemade blueberry muffins (for creative energy, she said), two pieces of a charming Amy Butler print in vinyl as well as cotton, two unfinished quilts and fabric yardage for a summer dress. \u00c2\u00a0 We swapped life experiences and tried to catch up after years and years of absence, then finally began work on the pouch.<\/p>\n

We measured and remeasured and made up a rough pro-type in scrap fabric.\u00c2\u00a0 Then we cut into the Amy Butler fabric.<\/p>\n

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The finished product is not perfect, but it is cute and adequate.\u00c2\u00a0 The vinyl cell phone pouch is lined with the identical print in cotton.\u00c2\u00a0 Two tiny pink buttons secure the lining to the exterior.\u00c2\u00a0 Attached to the pouch is an elasticized pocked with a deep pleat to accommodate the roll of plastic bags.\u00c2\u00a0 An opening allows the bags to be pulled out easily.<\/p>\n

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\"Benji<\/a>

Benji and Karoline with her new Amy Butler dog walker bag attached to the leash.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Version 2 will be longer with a larger opening for the bags and we won’t forget to insert the alligator clip before attaching the loop.<\/p>\n

Karoline was pleased with the end result and looks forward to Version 2.\u00c2\u00a0 I look forward to spending more time with this sweet young woman I’ve loved since she was a baby. And I look forward to introducing her to machine embroidery.<\/p>\n

Apparently, with sewing it’s often true that you can “Train up a child in the way he (she) should go; even when he is old, he will not depart from it.”~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n

Post Script:\u00c2\u00a0 Shortly after Karoline (age approx. 12 yo)\u00c2\u00a0 received her new Bernina, her older brother Albert asked her to hem his new jeans.\u00c2\u00a0 She tackled the job with her signature enthusiasm and sense of style.\u00c2\u00a0 Using her new spool of variegated jeans thread, she stitched the hem with a fancy decorative stitch.\u00c2\u00a0 Albert was not pleased.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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