1988 (Volume 022)

 

Hannah

Keith

Dorcas and Hannah

One of those first quilts I made.  Big petals edged with cluny lace made a giant flower in the middle.  And of course the shams had multiple ruffles of fabric and lace around them.

Sarah Lynn

Hannah, Sarah Lynn, and Dorcas

Teddy, Dorcas, Keith, Hannah, and Joseph

Easter 1988

Dorcas

Teddy

Keith

Hannah and Keith

Joseph, Teddy, Keith, Hannah, and Dorcas

Joseph, Dorcas, Keith, Hannah, and Teddy

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