Hello my name is Rebecca and I would like to share with you the inspiration behind my designs .

My Grandmother taught me basics for crochet and sewing.
I loved and admired my Grandmother very much and cherish everything she ever taught me.

Crochet

I asked my Grandmother to teach me to crochet right after I got married.  I stayed with my Grandmother while my husband was in Naval School. It was Dec. 1999 and I had just turned 23 years old. She taught me the basic stitch which was a chain. She told me to do it until every stitch was the same size. She would not teach me a new stitch until I had mastered it.  I loved the fact that my Grandmother did not give me a book to learn with because now I have the wonderful memories and the time we spent together while I learned from her.  These are the moments in my life which mean so much to me as I was very close to my Grandmother and I miss her dearly.  My first crochet item I made was of course a crochet snowflake. Well it was winter after all there has to be snowflakes. LOL My Grandmother made me use worsted weight yarn for the snowflake so it turn out to be a coaster. She told me it was easier to learn to crochet with bigger yarn and she was right.  I know she would be happy and proud to see me designing my own patterns today and in my heart I know she is looking down on me from heaven and smiling.

My Grandmother passed away  about a month and half after she taught me to crochet.
I am so glad for the time we spent together.

I plan to make a ROCK'N Snowflake scarf pattern this year 2008 in honor of my Grandmother.

Sewing

So it is no secret I asked my mom to teach me to sew when I was 15 or 16 years old.
She handed me a yellow book with a big bright butterfly on it from the 60's or 70's. 
I took one look at it and laughed at her. Like I was really going to take time to learn to sew by reading a stink'n book.
"I now wish I still had that book".  I knew my mom would not make time to teach me since she gave me the book and I went to my Grandmother and asked her to teach me.  I had a pattern in one hand and fabric in another. 
My Grandmother sat down with me at her kitchen table and taught me how to cut the pattern out.
She told me to make sure not to cut off all the sizes and to fold the pattern in case you wanted to make a different size later, "my mom told me the same thing after my grandmother told me. I wonder who my mom learned it from?" LOL. 
Then my Grandmother taught me how to lay the pattern on the fabric making sure the lines of the pattern went up and down with the grain of the fabric.  She told me to pin down the pattern and then cut fabric. 
Then we pined the pieces of the pattern together and headed to the sewing machine.
I picked up on how to sew quite quickly and I loved it from the start.  A few years later I found myself in college.
I made many of my own clothes and begin to cut patterns apart to create new ones. Thus began my love for designing clothing even more. My biggest design I created was of course my Wedding Gown. It turned out wonderful and was simply stunning. After I finished my Wedding Gown I took a few years off from sewing while my husband was in the military. Once my husband got out of the military I began to sew again and to recapture my love for design.

Thank you so much for taking the time to learn about what makes me tick. :)