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<blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 3877472" data-attributes="member: 15054"><p>I came to Oklahoma in 2nd grade and stayed with my aunt and grandmother.</p><p>Grandmother taught me how to sew by hand then.</p><p></p><p>I took Home Economics in grade school because I already knew how to cook and clean and sew clothes. Easy A and full of cute girls.</p><p>My first car upholstery job I was 15 and a Morse sewing machine my mother had was used.</p><p>TG&Y was going out of business in Moore and I bought the last of the crushed velvet royal blue.</p><p></p><p>Used that and made diamond quilted seats for a 1966 Mustang I paid $75 bucks for the car.</p><p>Learned how to remove paint by hand no power tools and how to pull dents and make bondo look perfect.</p><p>6 months on that car at 15 years old.</p><p></p><p>Looked better than some car show cars I see today.</p><p></p><p>Yea it is tedious and you must pay attention to what you are doing but it's not all that bad.</p><p>Make templates and think ahead like a chess game as to what will happen next if I do this <img src="/images/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Maybe I got lucky being around it for some time. Starting on small things like clothing and making stuffed animals.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampratt, post: 3877472, member: 15054"] I came to Oklahoma in 2nd grade and stayed with my aunt and grandmother. Grandmother taught me how to sew by hand then. I took Home Economics in grade school because I already knew how to cook and clean and sew clothes. Easy A and full of cute girls. My first car upholstery job I was 15 and a Morse sewing machine my mother had was used. TG&Y was going out of business in Moore and I bought the last of the crushed velvet royal blue. Used that and made diamond quilted seats for a 1966 Mustang I paid $75 bucks for the car. Learned how to remove paint by hand no power tools and how to pull dents and make bondo look perfect. 6 months on that car at 15 years old. Looked better than some car show cars I see today. Yea it is tedious and you must pay attention to what you are doing but it's not all that bad. Make templates and think ahead like a chess game as to what will happen next if I do this :) Maybe I got lucky being around it for some time. Starting on small things like clothing and making stuffed animals. [/QUOTE]
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