Our class made a gathered and gored skirt with matching blouse, then modeled them in Assembly. Because I ran out of fabric, that was when I learned to match plaids and stripes or a row of flower motifs. By 9th grade in a different county, more focus was on cooking, but I had an exacting home-ec teacher who insisted I learn to use a thimble, and rip out and re-sew seams that were not up to her standards. Seams were tied off at the end. The footie pajamas I made for my toddler niece were ripped and re-sewn so many times, they were almost worn out. Thank you Mrs. Gist in Lee County for making me believe I could meaure up to the task of cooking and sewing, and thank you Mrs. White in Phillips County for being so exacting in your requirements.
I will add that my younger sister was the only one in the family who never had to take home-ec., and she turned out to be the best cook and seamstress in the family, and we came from a long line of seamstresses.
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