1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,000 Hey there and thank you for joining me for another episode of YQG In Bloom. 2 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:19,280 My name is Tracy Martens and today I have with me Cynthia Garand and these really cute 3 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:23,640 babies are called treasured stitches. 4 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:29,320 And I met her a few weeks ago at a market and these are memory. 5 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:34,480 They're memory keepsakes that I make out of clothing, people that have passed away or 6 00:00:34,480 --> 00:00:38,320 baby clothes if they're memory keepsakes that you want to make from them. 7 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:39,320 Oh that's a good idea. 8 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:42,620 I never even thought of with the baby clothes. 9 00:00:42,620 --> 00:00:44,720 Now what gave you this idea? 10 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:52,320 My mother passed away five years ago and I sew a lot and I was in some sewing groups 11 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:55,720 and one of the groups they had mentioned about making memory keepsakes. 12 00:00:55,720 --> 00:01:00,760 So I'm like you know what, that would be really nice to have like a keepsake of something 13 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:05,840 that my mother had and I made it into a bear. 14 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:10,720 And then from that it just went on from there and I started making them for other people 15 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:13,720 and then I got all different kinds of animals. 16 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:20,360 I really like that idea because I mean we've heard of the memory quilts or the pillows 17 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:29,400 but to have something like these and we have our kitty here and I mean these are all one 18 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:30,400 of a kind. 19 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:32,520 They're all completely different. 20 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:36,440 Each one has a story too from the clothing. 21 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:37,440 Really nice. 22 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:40,080 And then we got the elephant. 23 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:41,400 These are great. 24 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:44,900 Now this has got to be a lot of work. 25 00:01:44,900 --> 00:01:51,640 It is the planning and preparing of the animals trying to figure out what piece should go 26 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:57,120 where and sew them together but once that's all set up the process goes quicker after 27 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:58,120 that. 28 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:01,160 So do you have a pattern or did you come up with this yourself? 29 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:08,680 I started with a pattern and then I've tweaked it and this is the pattern of the bear that 30 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:12,220 I use to make all my memory keepsakes now. 31 00:02:12,220 --> 00:02:16,200 So this one here is made out of baby clothes. 32 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,720 This one is also a weighted bear. 33 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:27,040 If people wanted a bear to remember their birth weight of their baby it's also got handwriting 34 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:28,040 on here. 35 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:30,640 I can do handwriting and embroider that. 36 00:02:30,640 --> 00:02:35,080 All my bears come with an embroidered message on the foot. 37 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:38,160 Usually it's the person's name or whatever they want to put. 38 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:40,320 I can embroider that on the foot. 39 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:41,560 This one's weighted. 40 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:46,120 This one's 6 pounds 11 ounces which was my daughter's weight when she was born. 41 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:48,240 Oh so this is from your daughter? 42 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:49,240 The bear. 43 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:50,400 The memory bear. 44 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:53,600 This is the pattern that I made and it's a weighted bear. 45 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:55,480 I love that. 46 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:57,240 Those are really really beautiful. 47 00:02:57,240 --> 00:03:01,280 This is the most common one that I make are the bears. 48 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:05,560 Usually people tend to go to the bears but I do have the other animal options as well. 49 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:07,440 How long have you been doing this for? 50 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:09,840 January will be two years. 51 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:15,200 I started making the bears but I've been sewing ever since I was a little girl. 52 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:17,280 I want to learn how to sew. 53 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:19,040 These are amazing. 54 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:22,080 Now is this a full time job? 55 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:23,080 No. 56 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:29,120 I work a full time job Monday to Friday during the day and then I come home and then I work 57 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:30,720 on this. 58 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:33,000 How do people find out about you? 59 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:34,000 I'm on Facebook. 60 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,040 A lot of it is through Facebook. 61 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:37,280 I do have a page. 62 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:39,680 It's treasured stitches BC. 63 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:44,320 You're searching on Facebook and Instagram as well and I do have a website. 64 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:48,720 It's treasured stitches dot square dot site. 65 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:52,260 I just wanted to pull this one up really quickly. 66 00:03:52,260 --> 00:03:55,040 I love this out of a man's shirt. 67 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:56,040 Yes. 68 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:58,000 They make pillows out of their clothing. 69 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,120 I love the saying on this shirt. 70 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:03,320 It says this is a shirt I used to wear. 71 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:06,360 When you hold this know that I am there. 72 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:07,640 Love dad. 73 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:11,520 It's just such a nice saying and it's such a nice keepsake. 74 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:12,880 I really, really enjoy these. 75 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:14,880 Now do you do any markets? 76 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:16,280 I have done markets. 77 00:04:16,280 --> 00:04:20,760 I've been to a few with my sewing items that I have and then I have a display of all my 78 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:24,600 memory keepsakes so that people know that this is available. 79 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:25,600 Oh, that's good. 80 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:26,600 Yeah. 81 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:32,480 It's always nicer to see some things in person and that way you can, you know, people like 82 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:35,000 to feel touch hold. 83 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:43,080 You wouldn't think that this bear is the size of the weight of a baby and it's like, I kind 84 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:46,080 of forgot that my baby was that heavy. 85 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:52,840 I'd have to ask what is the oddest animal that maybe somebody has asked you or have 86 00:04:52,840 --> 00:04:54,520 you had anything that's weird? 87 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:55,520 I have a cow. 88 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:56,520 A cow? 89 00:04:56,520 --> 00:04:57,520 Yeah. 90 00:04:57,520 --> 00:04:58,520 I've made a cow. 91 00:04:58,520 --> 00:04:59,520 I also have two dogs. 92 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:00,520 Okay. 93 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:03,560 One's a sitting and the other one is a standing dog. 94 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:06,120 I didn't bring those today, but I do have dogs. 95 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:07,120 Dogs and a cow. 96 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:12,520 The cow is the one that is different. 97 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:13,520 I like that. 98 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:14,520 Yeah. 99 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:15,520 That is wonderful. 100 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:22,920 For pricing, I want to say for this bad boy, this bad girl, your Bella girl, how much would 101 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:24,560 she run about? 102 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:28,720 The weighted bears, it depends on the weight, but they're around $80. 103 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:29,720 That's not bad at all. 104 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:36,480 Especially with the keepsakes and it's obviously got blanket and some of the clothing. 105 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:37,480 Yes. 106 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:38,480 Yeah. 107 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:41,920 Whatever clothing you want to use, because I can also make quilts too. 108 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:42,920 Okay. 109 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:47,520 I make the memory quilts from lap size all the way up to about a queen size, if that's 110 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:49,040 what you're looking for. 111 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:54,760 If there's sports that you were playing and you have a collection of all your- 112 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:55,760 Jerseys and- 113 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:56,760 Yeah. 114 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:59,200 And you wanted to make a keepsake quilt from that. 115 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:04,920 I used to run years ago, so every time I did a run and they give you the t-shirts, I made 116 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:09,240 myself a running quilt with all the shirts from the runs that I've done. 117 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:11,880 That's a nice idea, a nice keepsake. 118 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:16,440 Because half the time they just get thrown in the cedar chest or in your closet and you 119 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:17,440 get- 120 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:18,440 Yeah. 121 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:19,440 Forget about them. 122 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:24,280 So any kind of clothing that you want to have into a keepsake, I can pretty much do that. 123 00:06:24,280 --> 00:06:25,280 These are wonderful. 124 00:06:25,280 --> 00:06:26,280 Thank you. 125 00:06:26,280 --> 00:06:30,440 I want to thank you so much, Cynthia, for checking out in this cruddy weather today- 126 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:31,440 Oh, no worries. 127 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:35,120 To show us these beautiful memory keepsakes. 128 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:37,360 Yes, thanks for having me. 129 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:38,360 Thank you. 130 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:40,120 And again, my name is Tracy. 131 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:45,760 I want to thank you so much for joining me for another episode of YQG in Bloom. 132 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:51,880 And make sure that you check out Cynthia on Facebook or Instagram, or hopefully catch 133 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:52,880 her out of market. 134 00:06:52,880 --> 00:07:01,120 Have a good one.