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Home / My Blog / Uncategorized / ::What Started It All::

::What Started It All::

July 18, 2009 By Katie

This sewing thing, that is.

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I use to watch my Mom sew, no interest in it myself.  Then I had a baby and at the time there weren’t any of the stylish carriers that there are now.  So I started sewing, and I’m rather anal, I practiced…the seam ripper and I were tight.  I created a company, Metrosupial Designs with my creations.

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Burn out occured.  It’s just not that fun sewing the same thing again and again.  Might be partically why Improv piecing is so addictive for me.

An author named Rena Grossman contacted me about a picture I took of a woman carrying her babe.  Carry Me is her little board book.  A little chapter of my own life in print.

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Have a Great Weekend!

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  1. anina says

    July 18, 2009 at 3:37 pm

    Thanks for sharing Katie. I love hearing how people started sewing. I’m with you on repetitive sewing. I think the minute you feel like you “have” to do something it’s not fun any more.

  2. Amber says

    July 18, 2009 at 5:16 pm

    How cool – thanks for sharing…that must have been a treasured first sling – quite a project to start on!! I love your work – it always inspires me!

  3. Jackie says

    July 19, 2009 at 5:15 am

    How wonderful to be featured in a book! Cool!

  4. Lisa says

    July 19, 2009 at 9:08 am

    That’s pretty awesome 🙂 Lovely work too!

  5. Katy says

    July 19, 2009 at 1:43 pm

    very very cool! There might be plenty of cool baby slings about these days, but yours are still the most beautiful…in my mind, at least!

  6. rhymeswithspoon says

    July 19, 2009 at 4:45 pm

    So cool! What a wonderful feature!

  7. roger says

    July 20, 2009 at 1:03 am

    Way to go, Katie. It’s always nice to see your daugher’s works in a book.

  8. Sarah says

    July 20, 2009 at 4:39 am

    How great! Something you can keep for your grandkids.

  9. Rebekah says

    July 20, 2009 at 3:34 pm

    That was fun to hear about your beginnings! That’s neat that one of your photos was featured in a book, too.

  10. elizabeth jeanne says

    July 21, 2009 at 1:22 pm

    I hear you about the same thing all the time….
    BUT! I really want one on those SLINGS!!! They are SO COOL! I love your colors and patterns…
    but it seems to me the best thinga bout this sling is indeed the design…. almost… I can’t get over the fliker pics and all that awesome fabric….
    SO – what are the chances of a pattern? you sold it to someone else? who are they? you have a few stashed away for begging soon to be mamas?
    Let me know… cause it seems like the perfect thing….
    everything you do I like….
    that’s delightful….
    Thanks!

  11. Colleen (bcharmer) says

    July 21, 2009 at 4:22 pm

    I love that picture of you with your little babe. And how fun to hear about your beginnings…

    And I must agree with Katy; your fabric combinations make for the *best* slings!

  12. Chara Michele says

    July 23, 2009 at 6:56 pm

    Oh what a neat book! Love the story of how you started to sew. It really does get to be burn out when you sew the same thing over & over again doesn’t it….

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