Originally Posted by
Sewnoma
Isn't it funny how times change? My mom grew up in handmade clothes and didn't get anything store-bought until she was a teenager. She used to get made fun of for being poor and having to wear clothes made at home and was so proud of her first pair of Levi brand jeans. Nowadays, people are sick of mass-produced everything and are craving things that are unique and different - I think a high schooler that had a completely hand-made custom wardrobe would be envied! Even my niece, who is 9 now, has been overheard saying things like "Mine is the best because it was MADE 'specially for ME!"
Yes, my mother was one of 7 girls and all their clothes were sewn by their mother from flour sacks (imagine sewing for SEVEN girls, two of whom were twins! my mother said my grandmother often commented that she enjoyed making the first twin's dress, but hated making the second one just like it). And while my mother may have felt the stigma of homemade clothes, she loved the quilts her mother made.
But in my comment I should have said "some women" instead of "many women". I was judging by my own paternal grandmother, who I suspect may have felt that way, but I have no way of knowing how other women of that era felt.