Saturday, May 21, 2011

A Vintage Sewing Bee

"The sewing bee got under way at the Malones' the next morning. Five minutes after Dulcie drove up in her father's pickup and carried in the portable sewing machine and set it on the dining table, the room became a noisy and cluttered dressmaking shop. Lengths of bright colored print and small mounds of sheer white goods were piled on table, chairs, and sideboard. Streamers of braid or rickrack or lace tripped the unwary. Spools of thread rolled underfoot.

'Just three days to make two tiered skirts and four fiesta blouses,' Dulcie said. 'So it's full steam ahead, my hearties.'"

--Lenora Mattingly Weber, The More the Merrier (1958)

9 comments:

Lisa said...

Tiered skirts AND fiesta blouses? Ole!

Lisateresa

seashoreknits said...

I would love to be a part of that bee.

Carol said...

Did you hear about the sewing bee that is being organized for two ladies from Alabama who lost everything in the tornado?

http://www.ladiesagainstfeminism.com/what-can-we-do/sewing-love-for-the-lee-and-crawford-ladies/

(in MD)

elizabeth said...

I just found your blog and love it! You make me want to move to the country!

G.L.H. said...

Love the Beany Malone books!

--Barbara

Margo said...

great quote. My best friend and I used to have playdates where we would tote our machines to the other's house and sew madly while our children played. It was some great madness!

Martha A. said...

Dulcie sure was irritating sometimes, but she could sure sew! The Malones were my childhood friends!!!

Anna said...

"Dulcie sure was irritating sometimes, but she could sure sew!"

. . . and they'll put that on *my* headstone too :)

Martha A. said...

From your writing, I am sure you are not as irritating as Dulcie!!!! = )

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