Christine Blystone
Posted By Craft Corps on April 4, 2009
Christine Blystone
Name: Christine Blystone
Age: 26
Location: Portland, Oregon
Profession: Web Editor at an Alt. Weekly Newspaper
Craft(s) of Choice: Sewing & Embroidery
Blog: http://flappergirlcreations.wordpress.com
My first memory of sewing is from when I was around eight years old. My best friend and I were really into troll dolls, and we decided we were going to make wardrobes for all our trolls. We started off sewing all the clothes by hand, but one evening while accompanying my mother to Best Fabrics at the mall (which later went out of business and became a JoAnn’s), I spotted a children’s battery operated sewing machine in the bargain bin for $5. Through a combination of begging and sweet-talking, my mother bought it for me, and I was ecstatic about my new treasure, undoubtedly glowing the entire car ride home. Throughout the next few weeks, many-a-troll-doll got new duds. Then Barbies got new custom pillows and blankets. My new-found creative outlet really kicked-off from there, and that little bargain bin sewing machine got so much use! Sewing had officially entered my blood. There was no stopping it, even after I outgrew the toy sewing machine. From there I went back to good ol’ needle and thread. I altered my own clothing at 16. Reupholstered my drum throne and made a drum stick carrying case at 17. And as soon I got my first real sewing machine as an adult, I’ve been knee-deep in sewing projects, learning new sewing tricks, sewing more projects, learning more new sewing tricks, sewing more projects… well, you get the picture.
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