I'm sitting here sewing a lose button onto my sister's jacket realizing that i am now the sewer of buttons, clasps, and garment holes for my family. It makes me miss how my grandmother was when she was in perfect health, cuz this was her job and there was no one else better at it.
So here i am, rummaging through the sewing kit given to me that used to be hers, wondering why all the thread keeps getting wrapped around the damn pin cushion (shaped like a tomato) and why i still keep the picture of the Virgin Mary in this box even though i'm not religious...Laughing cuz the only threads in here that are practically used up are the browns and blacks and how the lid reads "keep well organized everytime" in black sharpie.
Every time i read it i wanna say "Well I can't keep it organized Ma cuz everything keeps getting tangled!" I'd like to say I'm making her proud, but I'm sure if she saw my sewing technique she'd smack the back of my head...with her slipper ...in full disapproval. It is bittersweet and I am glad though that this tupperware box full of rolls of thread and random pins was my grandma's sewing kit...and now my keepsake.
2/6/08 <3 Bea
(Granddaughter Maribelle Dizon)
So here i am, rummaging through the sewing kit given to me that used to be hers, wondering why all the thread keeps getting wrapped around the damn pin cushion (shaped like a tomato) and why i still keep the picture of the Virgin Mary in this box even though i'm not religious...Laughing cuz the only threads in here that are practically used up are the browns and blacks and how the lid reads "keep well organized everytime" in black sharpie.
Every time i read it i wanna say "Well I can't keep it organized Ma cuz everything keeps getting tangled!" I'd like to say I'm making her proud, but I'm sure if she saw my sewing technique she'd smack the back of my head...with her slipper ...in full disapproval. It is bittersweet and I am glad though that this tupperware box full of rolls of thread and random pins was my grandma's sewing kit...and now my keepsake.
2/6/08 <3 Bea
(Granddaughter Maribelle Dizon)
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