When Life Gives You Scraps
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@responsiveme (22926)
India
July 17, 2018 9:59pm CST
Sew them together and make a quilt.
The quote is pretty much true about my mother. She is awesome on the machine and with her fingers. Every since I can remember there was always this whole pile of fabrics, scraps given by friendly neighborhood tailors, embroidery skeins ,threads and the whole paraphernalia crowding a whole cupboard of my mom's.
She continues with her hobby till this date but now she concentrates on smaller pieces. All our friends and family want her handmade and embroidered pouches.
When I come ,I help her out with the drawing that she embroiders. Other than the flowers motifs she also likes to customize,as they say,it.
The bag at the back is for a cousin who likes to play Scrabble, the front ones are for a badminton player and someone who is very fond of trees.
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
18 Jul 18
That saying does not suit this post at all. Instead it should be 'Scraps give you life'
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
18 Jul 18
@responsiveme That was in appreciation of your mother bringing life to scraps.
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@lady1993 (27225)
• Philippines
18 Jul 18
@responsiveme I think the title discussion fits well though
It is similar to "When life gives you lemons" right?
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@rebelann (111189)
• El Paso, Texas
18 Jul 18
Awesome. One of my Aunts was really good at needle point and used to send mom handkerchiefs she'd decorated with little flowers or whatnot, she was born in 1912 so it was still customary for women to learn the sewing and needle work crafts. It's a dying art.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
18 Jul 18
Yes,she would make these exquisite initialled lawn handkerchief s too with lacy drawn thread work at the edges.
I like e the fact that she pours in a lot of love into it.
We used to have a sewing class at school
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@rebelann (111189)
• El Paso, Texas
18 Jul 18
I wish I would have been more interested in this craft but at the time I was not at all interested in anything domestic and I cannot recall mom or anyone else encouraging me to try to be @responsiveme
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
18 Jul 18
@rebelann you are very good with the camera
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@lady1993 (27225)
• Philippines
20 Jul 18
@responsiveme I'm not that god at painting either. but i do like cross stitch 
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
18 Jul 18
Ma says it's her stress buster. You can do those bags without embroidery too...I mean you could paint on them or attach something
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
20 Jul 18
@lady1993 cross stich is easy and looks very nice
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@LadyDuck (458225)
• Switzerland
18 Jul 18
@responsiveme The computer is also my problem, I sit in front of it too long.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
18 Jul 18
Yes, especially if you start small pieces then it is easier for people who are pressed for time.
Nowadays the computer usually takes up a lot of my time
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@Marilynda1225 (79757)
• United States
18 Jul 18
Your mom is very talented and does very nice embroidery.
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@Marilynda1225 (79757)
• United States
19 Jul 18
@responsiveme tell your mom we think she's very talented
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
18 Jul 18
Yes, she doesn't think she is talented but we do and live her embroidetedthings
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
19 Jul 18
@Marilynda1225Thank you. I will
First I have to explain about my lot and then show her this post
She will be incredibly surprised.
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@DianneN (246838)
• United States
19 Jul 18
@responsiveme I love crosswords and various puzzles. It's good for the mind and fun to do.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
19 Jul 18
Nowadays the computer takes up a lot of our time. My mom relaxes with sewing and crosswords
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
20 Jul 18
Your mother is very talented, beautiful embroidery.
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@sol_cee (38223)
• Philippines
20 Jul 18
@responsiveme the old fashioned way being?
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
20 Jul 18
@sol_cee not online, with the board and tiles...If you have the time and inclination you can look up my discussion Board Games long ago where I have put up a picture.
I don't know how to post a link of old discussions otherwise I would have
@responsiveme (22926)
• India
20 Jul 18
That Scrabble one is for a cousin who plays it online.
My mom used to play Scrabble ,rather we would the old fashioned way
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
19 Jul 18
my mother was a good dressmaker; in fact, she had a cross-stitched basket displayed here in our living room. she taught me how to hand-sew and embroider. i miss my mother so much.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
19 Jul 18
Good to know this. I think the older generation were good needle women
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@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
18 Jul 18
I like that quote! And it is very true of life, too.
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@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
18 Jul 18
@responsiveme
I think most Mother like to sew, except my Mother.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
18 Jul 18
@JustBhem She must be having other intetests
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
19 Jul 18
Your mom is very creative. Nice bags.
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
20 Jul 18
@responsiveme you're welcome and good to hear you liked them
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@dave121495 (1296)
• Philippines
19 Jul 18
That's really good :) Life's about doing about passion. You know what i'm saying?
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@snowy22315 (169983)
• United States
18 Jul 18
That is really neat. I wish I was talented with my hands, but unfortunately, I am not
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
18 Jul 18
I can embroider but not good with my hands either for other crafts.
You will have talent in other things
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
18 Jul 18
That is wonderful that your Mom is so creative!
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@aninditasen (15742)
• Raurkela, India
18 Jul 18
They are really very beautiful. I used to stitch and embroidery earlier but had to stop because of my eye sight.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
18 Jul 18
Eye sight is a problem, I find it difficult to thread a needle
@responsiveme (22926)
• India
18 Jul 18
Thank you, I think her work is neat too.
Btw, I did a post long ago on the lemonade quote too..He he
