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Journaling (page 2) reads:
My mom was a really good seamstress
and she loved her sewing. She
learned out of necessity - she and
my dad were really poor when they
were first married. She bought
men’s trousers that were worn at the
knees and re-made them into pants for the
first three sons. When my sister Betty was born
Mom had to learn new skills. She used to laugh
when she remembered her first few attempts at
making dresses out of flour sacks. By the time I came
along she was quite skilled and most of my clothes were
homemade for many years.
Growing up, I had a love/hate relationship with my mom’s
sewing leaning pretty strongly towards the hate side at times.
My mom was 40 when I was born and very few kids wore
homemade clothes in the 70’s and 80’s. Most of the time I just
wanted to be like everyone else and wear jeans and T-shirts.
I did like picking out the patterns and fabric and buttons. And I
loved it when we re-did my bedroom and Mom made simple white
curtains to go with the blue and white wallpaper we put up.
When I was a pregnant and poor college student, Mom came to the rescue and made some cute maternity clothes. And once Shannon was born she used up a lot of scraps making her little dresses. When I
started my first professional job and needed to wear dresses or skirts to work, Mom got busy again and made much of my first work wardrobe. As the years went by, Mom sewed for both Shannon and James - making Halloween costumes, dress-up clothes and lots of church outfits for Shannon. At one point, she made several matching outfits for Shannon and her favorite doll.
Sadly, I didn’t inherit my mom’s skills or patience for sewing so I won’t be able to bless my grandchildren the way that she did. However, I have kept several of the things that Mom made for my kids and will pass them down to my future grandbabies along with stories about my mom. I like to
think that she’ll be sending them a hug from heaven when they wear
the things she made.
In the Oval:
Always Remember This:
The
crinkle of the
pattern paper
Getting pricked by the
pins when trying on new
outfits
Mama doing the hand-
work in the evenings
Choosing fabric from
the bargain bins
The whirring noise of
the sewing
machine
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