Mom tells me a story while she hems my pants on her Bernina sewing machine. A self-proclaimed imperfectionist, Mom doesn’t measure fabric or read instructions. After 50 years of sewing, you don’t need to follow anyone’s rules. Through a collage of old family photos, buttons and string, I give texture to Mom’s memories of making clothes on Grandma’s Singer sewing machine. Direction, animation, and design by Harriet Lenneman. Created at VCUarts, 2015. Screenings: Concordia Film Festival // Montreal, Quebec // May 2016 Young Visionaries Film Festival // Baltimore, MD // April 2016 Kinematifest 9 // St. Louis, MO // April 2016 RiverRun International Film Festival // Winston-Salem, NC // April 2016 Animation Nights New York // New York, NY // January 2016 The Vision Feast // Auckland, NZ // Dec 2015 Vinalia XXII // Guardia Sanframondi, Italy // July 2015 Art All Night - Trenton Film Festival // Trenton, NJ // June 2015 PUSH Film Festival // Virginia // June 2015

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