I started sewing around the 4th grade. My mother started teaching me sewing. Around the same time I started various projects through 4-H, exhibiting my finished projects at the 4-H events, as well as the county fair. I received several ribbons for my finished projects over the years.

After I was married I started sewing for several customers making square dancing dresses and other types of clothes. 

I had to get a regular job to help pay bills so my sewing was out on the back burner for a number of years. I retired from a job I worked at for 18 years and am back to sewing on a regular basis.