Fern Prairie woman enjoys career as a seamstress
Karen Ferguson provides tailoring and custom sewing services
Karen Ferguson works on a jacket in her sewing room, at her Fern Prairie home. Ferguson, a seamstress, provides alterations and custom tailoring and sewing services. She also makes cushions, curtains and pillows. “People bring projects to me,” Ferguson said. Her clients include local businesses and churches. Photo by Dawn Feldhaus.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Karen Ferguson remembers learning to sew from her mother and grandmother. At age 5, she sewed by hand. Two years later, Ferguson was using a non-electric sewing machine. “I took to it, like a duck to water,” she said. Now 70, Ferguson works on a variety of projects from her home in Fern Prairie. Her two-car garage has become a sewing room, with a cutting table. Patterns fill file cabinets. Ferguson designed the rack that holds thread, and she built shelves to hold fabric with materials from Washougal Lumber Co. She provides alterations, hemming, resizing and zipper repair.
