I’m here from your sister’s blog, enjoying what I’ve read.
My Gram was a powerful influence. Until I left for college, I saw her most every day of my life. I don’t have any of her clothes to dance with but I have photos that I have contemplated for a long time. She, too, was quite fashionable, fashion conscious. The puzzle is, how that came to be. Born into a very poor immigrant family, her clothes were always homemade. A young widow with a newborn daughter, on her own just after the Great Depression, she barely had money to keep food on the table, and no family to help her. Yet, the photos prove she wore the latest fashions, undoubtedly sewn by herself. She took in sewing for others; did she make her own dresses, even pants!, from the scraps?
Anyway, we are both fortunate to have had Grams in our lives! Be well.
Cynthia - Thank you so much for sharing this. I love the story of your Gram and her creative use of what she had to make what she wanted. Just playing music from her era inspired me to swing in a slightly different way. Thank you for being here!
I’m here from your sister’s blog, enjoying what I’ve read.
My Gram was a powerful influence. Until I left for college, I saw her most every day of my life. I don’t have any of her clothes to dance with but I have photos that I have contemplated for a long time. She, too, was quite fashionable, fashion conscious. The puzzle is, how that came to be. Born into a very poor immigrant family, her clothes were always homemade. A young widow with a newborn daughter, on her own just after the Great Depression, she barely had money to keep food on the table, and no family to help her. Yet, the photos prove she wore the latest fashions, undoubtedly sewn by herself. She took in sewing for others; did she make her own dresses, even pants!, from the scraps?
Anyway, we are both fortunate to have had Grams in our lives! Be well.
Cynthia - Thank you so much for sharing this. I love the story of your Gram and her creative use of what she had to make what she wanted. Just playing music from her era inspired me to swing in a slightly different way. Thank you for being here!