This is an excerpt from a Singer Sewing manual from 1949:
"Prepare yourself mentally for sewing. Think about what you are going to do...never approach sewing with a sigh or lackadaisically. Good results are difficult when indifference predominates. Never try to sew with a sink full of dirty dishes or beds unmade. When there are urgent housekeeping chores, do these first so your mind is free to enjoy your sewing.
...When you sew, make yourself as attractive as possible. Put on a clean dress. Keep a little bag full of French chalk near your sewing machine to dust your fingers at intervals. Have your hair in order, powder and lipstick put on...(If) you are constantly fearful that a visitor will drop in or your husband will come home and you will not look neatly put together, you will not enjoy your sewing as you should..."
8 comments:
This is how I sew. I didn't know it was possible to sew with dirty dishes or my hair not done :)
Thanks for the laugh! I've been sewing for over 40 years and never heard of those "rules". If I'd have followed them, I never would have got anything done!---I'm still laughing :)
That's hilarious. Almost as hilarious as my vision of YOUR reaction when YOU first read it... wish I'd been there. :0)
Oh my. I'd never sew again. I like sewing in my pjs!
they forgot to add the "make sure you are wearing your "pearls and high heels" as well. oh and when you stick yourself with a pin make sure you say things like "oh mother of all that is good!" instead of "oh sh**!" but not that we would ever say that.
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Since when have we used pins? :o)
That's pretty funny!
Now i know where they got script for Stepford Wives!
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