Originally Posted by
sewbeadit
I loved to hear the scrunching of the scissors on the table.
The "scrunch" of the scissors going through fabric - yes! That brought memories flooding back. My Mum sewed or knitted all our clothes for me and my 2 sisters - couldn't afford to do anything else. At first she had a small hand machine that did chain stitch, but later(about 1968) bought a Husqvarna Viking that 's still going strong. It cost her 40 pounds (about 60 dollars). I used to sit and watch her and she tried to teach me - but I was useless at sewing! It was 40 years before I found my sewing home, first with cross stitch, then quilting. I still don't do dressmaking, and have no desire to try.