Hard Times
Scissors please Kerry, if we take a slice from the tail, we can use it to turn and remake the collar. Then we will reverse the cuffs. Can you thread the needle dear, my eyes are not what they used to be. You know when I started training as a seamstress, they made me spend the first six months picking up pins from the floor, then the next six months I spent threading needles. Now I know why… Thats a job well done, Kerry. Parcel it up in brown paper and string Micheal. …That’s one shilling and six pence, Mr Brown.
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I love craft skills, their expertise, and the mindset they create. The “one shilling and sixpence” at the end was masterly
I spent yesterday involved with a small model railway show, everyone was smiling. Crafts come in so many forms. I see the Friday Fictioneers as a craft, and you as a master of the craft.
I read the first line and thought the story was about the gorgeous puppy. Whoops, that would have been rather gruesome.
Thank you Tannille, strangely I had the same thought. I hope you have a good new year.
Dear Michael,
Needles have gotten much harder to thread than they used to be. I enjoyed this well-stitched piece.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Thank you Rochelle, the credit belongs to you and Dale and all who take part in Friday Fictioneers,
It must have hurt the poor creature. i.e. if it was alive.
Expert seamstress though!
Not alive, was in fact a shirt, however as I wrote this I was thinking about the war time Guinea Pig Club set up by Doctor Archibald McIndoe
One of your best, Michael. Expertly stitched and well worth the one-and six pence 🙂
Thank you Linda, It is a pleasant memory.
Wonderful slice of life for simple times. Not a cell phone in sight.
Definately no cell phones. Only a red metal and glass phoned box in the next street, which took just one or two old English pence.
I taught my granddaughter how to thread a needle last week so that she could craft a gift for her mum.
It is a good skill to know how to use a sewing needle. I still know the way to sew a button on
This was a truly lovely piece, Michael. The detail needed for crafting was perfectly described.
Thank you Dale, I watched and then helped my gran with the sewing, for quite a few years.
I too was hoping that it wasn’t the lovely dog’s tail that was to be cut off. Great story, I do that too sometimes because I hate throwing clothes away that only need small repairs.
For me it is always good to wear out items of clothing.
Simply delightful Michael, worth at least half a crown!
You can call again as a customer, half a crown is very kind.
Lovely slice of life, Michael. All the best for 2022.
Wishing you a good new year
Lovely story of times gone by. You caught the satisfied mood that comes with being a master of your craft, especially when you’re introducing others to the techniques.
Thank you Penny, it was a time of rationing so every thing was recycled if possible.
Well said, Michael.
Thank you Bill.
Can you imagine anybody turning a collar now? Brilliant take and I love your dog! Happy New Year.
Thank you Jilly, turning cuffs and collars, just seemed normal. It was recycling at its best, when items were totally worn out we turned them into rag rugs, whilst left over scraps where made into draft excluders or pin cushions… I hope that you have a good new year
the beginning was heartbeat skipping, well ended
I very like you comment, thank you. Wishing you a happy new year
I was always quite good at threading needles and had to do it quite recently – I was relieved to discover that “I’ve still got it”!
It is a good skill to have, and I am glad that you still have it.