As an example of “passing along what you know” to others that might need the same information (such as those childs’ painting aprons you specialize in!) — I’d learned the Oriental method of pattern making while my husband was stationed in Taiwan in … It was a novelty for all the “local” Taiwanese girls for me being there, but I was there to LEARN! Later I started writing my own books (and eBooks) about pattern making (you can see some of them at PatternsThatFitYou .com). …

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