She sewed for her children, but knew nothing of heirloom sewing until one fortuitous day in 1988 when she discovered one of the first issues of Sew Beautiful magazine. “I looked through that publication, got prickles on the back of my neck, knew that I had to teach myself how to do this type of sewing, and said that someday I would have something in this magazine,” Sue recalls.
“I have never thought of myself as an artist or designer; I see myself more as an engineer who uses fabric, lace, and thread as her raw materials. ” —Sue Stewart
Before online shopping days, Sue found a nearby shop with a few heirloom fabrics and laces where she bought Martha Pullen’s classic French Hand Sewing by Machine: The Second Book (Martha Pullen Co.), and Mildred Turner’s Mimi’s Machine Heirloom Sewing and she was on her way.
