
Actually my sister and I are busy clearing the house of our parents. This work often brings memories back of our childhood. Our grandmother also had her flat in the house and therefore we quite often spent our time with her. In her bedroom she had something that attracted us very much.....

It was her sewing machine. An old model and not motor-driven. Here we made our first attempts and experiments with sewing when we were little girls.

Our grandma first had to help us as our legs were too short for starting the machine. I remember that I also tried to sew whilst standing as I wanted to use the sewing machine without any help. The electrical one of our mother was a taboo for us children.

In the bedroom of my grandma we found other treasures too whose value I only started to appreciate some years ago: linen with elaborately decorated braids and monograms (here E.Z.).

Today I'm admiring these delicate embroideries and crochet work on fine linen. By the way they were used as cushion covers for the bed.

I wonder how long it then took to finish such beautiful braids.

Früher war es ja gang und gäbe, dass man seine Aussteuer - was Wäsche anbelangte- , selbst anfertigte. Für meine Generation ist diese Tatsache kaum mehr nachvollziehbar!
In the past it was quite usual that a young woman made the bedlinen and other things for her future household by herself. A fact which my generation is hardly able to relate to !

Some of these treasures I took home with me. Once upon a time I'll certainly create something with them...a few ideas are in my head already....

Now let's cover again this beautiful sewing-machine and put it away. At home my own one is waiting for me to get started. It hadn't been used for quite a while. A lot of UFOs are waiting too to get finally finished....