Velma Zerline Russell Wood Print

wood prints artist atala mother grandmother gma velma russell mother in law jack randy hugh richard hal hughes dad

photographs artist atala mother grandmother gma velma russell mother in law jack randy hugh richard hal hughes dad

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Hugh Russell Sr took this Photo of his wife Velma Hughes Russell, she was in her early 20's in the photo. Look for her painting and the story of how she survived breast cancer in her late Sixty's.

My first memories of learning started at age three and a half when I made my first doll dress. My Mother cut the pattern for me, showed me how to thread a needle and how to make a straight stitch first then a back stitch, after that I was on my way. I made a dress and wore it to school in the second grade. My Mother didn't allow me to use the sewing machine because she was afraid I would sew my finger. I took the opportunity to make the the dress while she was in the hospital having my brother, I was allowed to use the machine after that. Most of my skills are self taught, In 1960 with 4 children under four and a half Years old, I started sewing, designing, pattern drafting, clothing construction and altering in my home studio....