Sewing day

I'm making my twin 4 year old grand daughters  each a "Belle" princess dress.  This will make the 4th and 5th Belle dresses.  I  will now have made one for each of my five grand daughters. 

One of the many things that Mom taught me was to sew.  I know that I'm giving my age away, but I actually learned to sew on a "Singer" treadle sewing machine.  The first thing Mom taught me to sew was the hem on tea towels, and handkerchiefs, Then in 4H my first sewing project was an apron, and on and on from there. 

one of the many dresses Mom made for us

Mom was such a good seamstress.  I have 4 sisters and Mom sewed almost all of our clothes.  Three of us girls are very close in age and Mom would sew us matching dresses.  I especially remember the Easter Dresses she would make for us.  She did order us hats, gloves, anklets, and shoes, and sometimes a little purse to go with it.  She would order them all from Sears Roebuck.  We were always so excited when the mail carrier delivered that box from Sears.   

The thing was,  she would work all day doing all the necessary day to day chores and then whenever she could find a little time she was sewing for us or quilting.  She even found time to sew for her sisters girls.   She sold eggs and butter to save up enough money to buy fabric for our dresses.   It was one of our chores to churn the butter, we also milked the cows and gathered the eggs. 

When I was in high school I made a lot of my own clothes.  I also sewed matching dresses for me and my cousin to wear to school. 

One of my high school graduation presents was my very own sewing machine. I took it to college with me and I would sew matching outfits for me and my roommate.
 
Sewing..One of the invaluable lessons learned from Mom.