Janome has announced a pair of contests related to teaching others to sew.
For Contest #1 (Pass It On!), you submit a story about learning to sew or teaching someone to sew. 1st prize is a DC4030 sewing machine
, 2nd prize is a 7034D serger, and 3rd prize wins you an embroidery thread bundle. Deadline for entry is 3/31/2010. Read the details here.
Contest #2 (Buy One, Get One – Each One, Teach One) is about completing one of their four promotional projects with a beginning sewist. Send a photo of you and your sewing protege working on the project and write a few words about the two of you and the project you completed. Prizes for this contest are awarded to both the teacher and the serger. First prize is a 1100 serger (teacher) and 634D serger (student). Second prize is a 634D serger (teacher) and a 7034 serger (student). Third prize gets a 50-spool embroidery thread bundle (teacher) and a 24-spool embroidery thread bundle (student). Deadline for entry is 3/31/2010. Get the details here.
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I learned to sew under the watchful eye of my mother. She taught herself to sew when she was a young teenager and that is the age I started to sew. My mother actually took her own clothing and made my clothing when I was very little. (Even a winter coat) My first project won me a purple ribbon at our county fair. (I was in 4-H) I have been sewing ever since. I made most of my childrens clothing while they were growing up and know I am an avid quilter. I am so grateful to my mother for sharing her love of sewing.