Clarke County
Sewing and Handwork
Linda
said that she is always getting involved in a new craft. She has made
sports coats for her husband and clothes for her little boys, but she loved
making pretty bonnets for her first granddaughter. She said that every
one she made was prettier than the last “so I started selling them”. She
always has a “project in progress” because friends and customers call her for
new pieces.
Although
she had no special training, she was inspired by her mother and grandmother who
sewed for the public. She said that her parents, her grandmother and
great-grandmother handed down beautiful handwork to her. She said
that The Workbasket magazine was a staple in her family.
Linda
said that everywhere she has gone on vacation or “gallivanting” for the last
eight to ten years she looks for pretty linens to make baby things. Among
her collection she has pillowcase dresses, Battenberg hats, eyelet bonnets,
hanky purses and bonnets, or whatever someone asks for, she will try to come up
with something pretty.
“I love pleasing customers and try to make them feel they are getting
something special, and a good deal too”, she said. Linda said that word
of mouth is her best advertising, and her “shop” is located in her utility room,
and her back door is her delivery point. “There is usually something hanging on
my doorknob!”