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Post by susan on Oct 17, 2019 20:04:05 GMT -6
this one's inspired by my new avatar lol
susan
i can just picture
grandma as a young girl
trying to learn the new
fangled invention
that of the sewing machine
grandma would sit
there with her bonnet
and her matching dress
a must for those days
for girls weren't supposed
to show their heads
in some cultures it's still
forbidden
grandma and her sewing
machine, what's she making
i wonder, another dress,
would it be her best
to wear to special occasions
i'd like to know
grandma and her sewing
machine, she's mending
now, her work is helping
mama, while she tends
to the little ones
a girl's work back then
to was never done
grandma and her sewing machine
see how fast her foot goes
on that petal, it goes, and goes
as she gets out her woes
grandma and her sewing machine
i still have it, but, she's no
longer there, but i
i wish she was
Susan
ps, my sister has my grandmother's sewing machine, like that, it sat in the basement of the house we sold, for many years, although baba didn't have it as a young child, but i'm sure many others did
and she also has her husband's grandmother's as well...
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Post by QueenFoxy on Oct 18, 2019 14:32:39 GMT -6
Susan, I learned to sew on an old Singer Treadle Sewing Machine when I was just a little girl. I used to make doll clothes, graduated to making my own clothes. worked as a dress maker for years. This brings back memories. |
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Post by susan on Oct 18, 2019 15:42:46 GMT -6
oh how cool is that...
susan
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Post by lostineternity99 on Oct 19, 2019 3:11:51 GMT -6
Such a wonderful poem, Susan. Life was so different
in the youthful days of your grandmother, in many
ways better I think.
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Post by susan on Oct 19, 2019 7:12:49 GMT -6
it's not a true story, she did have the machine yes, but she didn't get it until she was an adult...
but thank you, yes, it was better for some parts, but not in alot of parts...
but that's how it was for all our grandmother's and as foxy says, even she used that machine, learnt on it.....
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Post by QueenFoxy on Oct 19, 2019 21:32:16 GMT -6
Those old sewing machines, most of which I remember to be Singer Brand, were passed down for generations. Mine was one of those. From my grandmother to my mother and finally to me. I was the only one of the KDS who had an interest in it. It was awhile before I could afford an electric one. As long as the old treadle machine worked and made good stitches, I was happy with it. The time finally comes when you have to update.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2019 2:04:04 GMT -6
I learned to sew taking Home Ec I believe it was called in middle school...was required to take as was Foods as well. I got a C in Home Ec...my final project was sewing a dog pillow, not like for a dog but a pillow that was a dog..I got a C on it..didn't put near enough stuffing in it and it also fell apart when I put it in the washing machine once...been a long time since I last sewed. I liked Foods a lot better, made a big 'ol fire one time cooking sumpin  the teacher like literally ran across the class room to put it out on the stove I was using that my group worked with...was cool..fun....was an awesome fire ah, the memories...I think I may have gotten a C in there too but it was fun...maybe the C had something to do with the fire, who knows. |
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Post by QueenFoxy on Oct 20, 2019 12:35:23 GMT -6
Yep!! I took Home Ec, too and I loved every minute of it. I dearly loved to cook and sew. While I was still a little girl, my siblings preferred my cooking over my Mom's. Therefore, I cooked most of the family meals. I loved doing that. I'm sure my Mom enjoyed the break it gave her. I never had to wash dishes, which I hated.
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Post by susan on Oct 21, 2019 15:52:22 GMT -6
I learned to sew taking Home Ec I believe it was called in middle school...was required to take as was Foods as well. I got a C in Home Ec...my final project was sewing a dog pillow, not like for a dog but a pillow that was a dog..I got a C on it..didn't put near enough stuffing in it and it also fell apart when I put it in the washing machine once...been a long time since I last sewed. I liked Foods a lot better, made a big 'ol fire one time cooking sumpin the teacher like literally ran across the class room to put it out on the stove I was using that my group worked with...was cool..fun....was an awesome fire ah, the memories...I think I may have gotten a C in there too but it was fun...maybe the C had something to do with the fire, who knows. i didn't do home ec in 7-8 because the school i went to in the country didn't have it in grade 6 i had to make what was called a gym bag it turned out pretty good, but then when i went to high school it was called family studies and in grade 10 our project was a blazer.... i bought brown cord and boy what a mess it turned out to be, one pocket i can't remember how much higher it was then the other one, but it was, mom tried to fix it at home but it was a lost cause when we were in like grade k to around grade 3 she would make our cloths...she made us barbie stuff one christmas too, no she didn't use baba's machine, she got a singer all her own, i think it cost like 400 and that was around 74 maybe before that she used i think my other grandmother's the one i didnt' know, but that wasn't like that picture, we ended up throwing out both of them before we moved, so... nope, cannot sew worth beans but good for you guys who can |
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Post by susan on Oct 21, 2019 15:52:49 GMT -6
I liked Foods a lot better, made a big 'ol fire one time cooking sumpin the teacher like literally ran across the class room to put it out on the stove I was using that my group worked with...was cool..fun. i agree |
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the teacher like literally ran across the class room to put it out on the stove I was using that my group worked with...was cool..fun....was an awesome fire