tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post5524512223916572970..comments2024-03-27T07:18:58.033+00:00Comments on Frances Garrood: Granny's sewing boxFrances Garroodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-21906038387657625672014-03-19T07:16:36.817+00:002014-03-19T07:16:36.817+00:00Well, Frances, now that I'm back from Oz and c...Well, Frances, now that I'm back from Oz and can catch up I'm wondering how I could have missed a 1 March post. Anyway I was just going to say that I have the sewing cabinet that my Dad made for my Mum when they got engaged or married and it's still full of all my Mum's sewing things just as the day she left it. Occasionally I do pop into the loft to get a particular cotton or if I need a safety pin (I wonder if youngsters know what they are). By the way I tried mending my hems on a particularly badly finished pair of trousers with that double sided iron on tape. You obviously managed to get a better brand than I did. Mine wouldn't work. And, yes, I may be a man but I did read the instructions.GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-61469230047416185062014-03-02T21:49:57.668+00:002014-03-02T21:49:57.668+00:00You sound like my kind of girl, Martine. You sound like my kind of girl, Martine. Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-26650777242335954492014-03-02T21:08:48.848+00:002014-03-02T21:08:48.848+00:00I have my granny's sewing table which I inheri...I have my granny's sewing table which I inherited somehow. I still have some orange thread on a wooden spool that is probably from the 1950's but my favourite possession is an empty tobacco tin that was my granddad's that had become a pin tin. martinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14260048849955077472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-83201626997711879842014-03-02T13:45:13.234+00:002014-03-02T13:45:13.234+00:00It's very tatty, Maggie. It may have to,go...It's very tatty, Maggie. It may have to,go...Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-14335448472629078402014-03-02T13:44:15.959+00:002014-03-02T13:44:15.959+00:00I've done that too, Patsy. How comforting, kno...I've done that too, Patsy. How comforting, knowing I'm not alone.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-66144056565969413322014-03-02T13:43:29.331+00:002014-03-02T13:43:29.331+00:00Oh yes! Where can that have got to?Oh yes! Where can that have got to?Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-79809257644033192732014-03-02T13:42:14.970+00:002014-03-02T13:42:14.970+00:00Ooh. That reminds me. I had my mum's tin of bu...Ooh. That reminds me. I had my mum's tin of buttons. I wonder what happened to that...Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-8565594999183815682014-03-02T13:41:16.489+00:002014-03-02T13:41:16.489+00:00How very extravagant, Meike. Ts ts.How very extravagant, Meike. Ts ts.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-10272309976446081282014-03-02T13:39:22.184+00:002014-03-02T13:39:22.184+00:00Trust me, Teresa. It is not lovely!Trust me, Teresa. It is not lovely!Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-7594984886372392172014-03-02T13:38:25.718+00:002014-03-02T13:38:25.718+00:00Oh dear! But thank you for the invitation.Oh dear! But thank you for the invitation.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-80358491188194529292014-03-02T13:37:20.965+00:002014-03-02T13:37:20.965+00:00Come on, Adrian. Surely you know me better than th...Come on, Adrian. Surely you know me better than that?Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-86274350642448466042014-03-02T11:20:50.066+00:002014-03-02T11:20:50.066+00:00Now that's an heirloom I would keep, if only f...Now that's an heirloom I would keep, if only for the box.Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15938216505505274248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-38970921750691987822014-03-01T21:39:58.734+00:002014-03-01T21:39:58.734+00:00I sewed a button on once. I got it firmly attached...I sewed a button on once. I got it firmly attached to the shirt I wanted it on. Unfortunately I also got it pretty well fixed to the skirt I was wearing.Patsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12263765378083045973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-66813846130845227672014-03-01T19:40:16.349+00:002014-03-01T19:40:16.349+00:00I am worried about what you're found to show u...I am worried about what you're found to show us next, Frances... Granny's hair net?Wendy's Writinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06960941625432714363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-44012870300244539812014-03-01T17:43:11.844+00:002014-03-01T17:43:11.844+00:00You sew on buttons? I am impressed! The last time ...You sew on buttons? I am impressed! The last time I sewed on a button was... let me think... at least 5 years ago, and that was only because it had come off a favourite top of mine (pink satin cheong-sam - I can see you cringe) and I did not want to give up that top. Usually, before I sew on a button, I rather buy a new item and put the old one in the bag for charity.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-35603764587688303882014-03-01T16:50:24.502+00:002014-03-01T16:50:24.502+00:00What a lovely thing to own. I have my mum's ne...What a lovely thing to own. I have my mum's needle tin which once held toffees, her silver thimble that she won in a sewing competition and I have my aunt's darning mushroom! Maybe I should use the thimble, then I wouldn't bleed over everything I sew!! xTeresa Ashbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15350697922935549188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-1469250868386788502014-03-01T16:32:52.066+00:002014-03-01T16:32:52.066+00:00I have a tin where I put all the spare buttons whi...I have a tin where I put all the spare buttons which come attached to clothes or fall off but never can match up when in need to.Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03928188713843255078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-88535722071338111982014-03-01T15:46:33.198+00:002014-03-01T15:46:33.198+00:00Perhaps you could darn the bath mat. It would be a...Perhaps you could darn the bath mat. It would be as good as new and they would be fighting over it.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-71081738805519617002014-03-01T15:31:36.854+00:002014-03-01T15:31:36.854+00:00Hello Frances:
We are afraid, very afraid, for yo...Hello Frances:<br /><br />We are afraid, very afraid, for you are beginning to sound like a very accomplished needlewoman. And clearly, visibly, you have a store of different coloured cottons.<br /><br />And if sides are really being drawn up, then now we find ourselves siding also with your daughter.<br /><br />Jó hétvégét! Incidentally, we should love you to join us, with or without needle and thread!!Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.com