I watched my mother sew from the time I was very young.? She learned from
her mother and had designed and made her own formals in the late '40's. At
5'11" in a day with no Tall Catalogs, it was a necessity!? She made a
"Princess" dress for me for a second-grade production of Sleeping Beauty.?
It was pink with a net skirt.? I also had a Pilgrim's dress in 5th grade for
Halloween made from a sheet that she dyed grey.? By the '60's I was sewing
for myself>>
I was born in '63, so I wasn't exactly learning to sew in the 60's, but my
mom sewed, and I used to take the snaps and make clothes for my dolls. I'd
leave them scattered everywhere and Mom would get aggravated--she said years
later that if she had known what I would learn to do, she never would have
said a word!
The first costume I remember having, other than Halloween, was when our
little town celebrated its Centennial, in 1973. Mom made us all "pioneer
gowns", complete with sunbonnets. I think my love of costuming can be traced
right back to that dress.
Dianne
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