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My name is Teresa, otherwise known as Mommers57 here in eBay land. I've had sewing and crafting in my blood since I was born! My grandpa was a tailor and had his own tailor shop in Chicago back in the early 1900s. Grandma also was in the industry, sewing circus tents, and crocheting and knitting clothing, hats, beautiful doilies, scarves, mittens, and afghans.

My parents have always been crafty too, first as a matter of necessity, then later (and still - in their 70s and 80s) as a creative outlet. Mom sewed, knitted, and crocheted clothing, sweaters, hats, mittens, socks, probably hundreds of afghans, made counted cross-stitch, embroidery, and crewel pictures, you name it. If we needed it, she made it! We all own handmade quilts from Mom, which we will always cherish! Mom's first attempt at knitting was to make us all complicated ski sweaters, which we all still own (even though the years have added too many pounds to wear them anymore!)

Dad has always been a wonderful master of wood. A self-taught crafter, he has made wooden toys, picture frames, unbelieveable scroll saw pictures, plus life-like carvings of family members, vehicles, animals, and much more! The details that he paints on everything is unsurpassed! My adult children still own all their wooden toys handmade with love by Grandpa! They still play with them too, but don't tell anyone!

I've been sewing since the age of 12, but was crocheting doilies and selling them to my teachers at school before that (I guess selling has always been in my blood!) I saved my babysitting money and bought my first sewing machine at age 13. I bought vintage dresses at church rummage sales, you know, the kind with the full skirts gathered at the waist, cut the skirt part off and then used that for fabric to cut out my patterns. Cheap clothing, but very original! I've made all my own clothes. Later in life, I made all the clothing for my three children, home dec items, such as curtains, valences, pillows, placemats, decorative items, and within the last decade, quilts for my grandchildren and quilts for Project Linus (see link below). I also crochet, knit, cross-stitch, do needlepoint, crewel embroidery, latch hook, and machine quilting and machine embroidery.

The common thread that runs through our family is the motto to ALWAYS do your very best, and treat others as you would want them to treat you. I bring these life lessons with me to my customers on eBay!