Contributed by Pat Younack
Fabric Sale
8/21/2021 – 10AM
Trinity Lutheran Church
10355 E. Palmer Wasilla Hwy. Palmer
FREE Admission
I am retiring from sewing. (Maybe.) After a lifetime of sewing, I think I want to quit. My mother taught all the girls in my family to sew. As a small child, it was hand sewing (Embroidery). Training with Mom meant the inside of the piece had to look as good as the face of the project. Later, it was making your own clothing for school. In high school, all the girls had Home Economics classes for sewing and food. All the boys got to go to Shop classes. I am not sure what all they learned, but I bet it was more interesting than in our class.
When I got married, I continued with sewing for the house and family. I always had fun with Halloween costumes. My husband almost never had a store-bought shirt. He liked the ones I made because they fit and had SNAPS.
I worked at many other interesting jobs after the kids were in elementary school. One of the special places I worked was a small shop where we made wedding gowns for Sak's 5th Avenue in New York. I moved on from there when I found out one of the gowns I worked on sold for $31,000 and my salary was $150 a week.
In 1992, my husband and I moved to Wasilla and I bought my cousin's custom sewing shop. My specialty of wedding gowns would not work in Alaska, but men's custom shirts did. I also learned to work on Carhart's and sled bags. I had fun entering things in the Alaska State Fair. I even got a grand champion ribbon for a doll-sized wedding gown.
Over the last years, I have mostly been making and selling the Alaska Native-style dress called Kuspuks or Atiglicks. 1 have made wrestlers capes, magic hats and even a ham for Valley Performing Arts Theater.
My own stock of fabric grew recently by an inheritance from a friend. I can no longer turn around in my work room, so I am having a sale. On Saturday, August 21st, from 10 am to 4 pm. I will have crates and bags of fabric to sell. I have cotton, satin, wool, fleece, real cotton linen, knit fabric. I have real Japanese silk too, but I want to try my hand at painting silk first. Please come by Trinity Lutheran Church 10355 E. Palmer Wasilla Highway in Palmer
Thank you
Patricia Younack
p_toosha@yahoo.com