1986-1987 (Volume 021)

 

This is me when I was 9 years old.  We are at the park in Fort Morgan, Colorado.  The red polka dot scarf on my head was the first thing I ever sewed.  My brother Loren had brought a Singer sewing machine home for me (he sold sewing machines for a while, back then), and he rummaged up scraps left over from the red polka dot dress his wife Janice had made me, and he showed me how to cut a scarf, make a lining, and attach the ties.  I was plumb delighted.  And that was the beginning of my sewing journey.

1986 (Volume 020)

 

Playing 'bunkbeds' in their new nightgowns.

Teddy, on the right, in the suit I made him for Easter, with his little cousin Benjamin.

Top is satin; skirt is taffeta

Hannah sitting on my father's lap (left); Dorcas sitting on Uncle Robert's lap (right).

March 14, 1986 -- my parents' 50th wedding anniversary.

Dorcas at Pioneer Village, Minden, Nebraska

Keith, right, in the suit I made him for Easter.  My mother gave Joseph the little romper set.

Dress made for a friend's new baby

1985 and 1986 (Volume 019)

 

Hannah's sweater and skirt, and Dorcas' skirt, were made from a sweater and a couple of skirts that had been mine.

The girls' dresses had been the previous year's Christmas dresses (hence the shortness of them).

Keith's sweater was made from one of Larry's sweaters, and the pants were once raw linen curtains.

I made Hannah's flowergirl dress and Keith's three-piece suit for Kenny and Annette's wedding.  (Kenny is Larry's younger brother.)

The only thing I didn't make in this picture was Teddy's velour vest.  These were the children's outfits for our Thanksgiving dinner at church.

And yes, I matched the girls.

Keith, Teddy, Joseph, Hannah, and Dorcas

Gunne Sax pattern

Ninth grade.  I used the tuck foot on my machine for the first time on the yoke of this outfit.

Hannah had a matching outfit.

At my parents' 50th wedding anniversary.

Silly Joseph

Easter