Singer Featherweight + a surplus parachute = wedding dress
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One day when I was in high school I came home and mom had cut up her wedding dress to line a coat. It wasn't going to fit me for sure. I'm a lot bigger than mom. She was only 5' tall and very petite. I guess she thought it was getting yellow, too. I remember the material - it was wonderful very thick for silk and shiny yet it draped nice. I don't think she ever once let anybody else try it on.
My sister's wedding dress was remarkable, too. Her DH was stationed on a carrier during Nam. Sometimes they got into Hong Kong on leave. He bought his mom 5 yards of 30 inch wide silk brocade. His mom is a big woman and put it away. When he and my sister announced their engagement, his mom gave my sister the silk and my mom figured out how to make a wedding dress. Did I mention my sister takes after my mom? My other sister wore the dress, too.
My sister's wedding dress was remarkable, too. Her DH was stationed on a carrier during Nam. Sometimes they got into Hong Kong on leave. He bought his mom 5 yards of 30 inch wide silk brocade. His mom is a big woman and put it away. When he and my sister announced their engagement, his mom gave my sister the silk and my mom figured out how to make a wedding dress. Did I mention my sister takes after my mom? My other sister wore the dress, too.
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The price of the dress had no bearing on how long they have been married. Let's see - I'm thinking it was 1949... They are still together. I wonder how long a marriage with a $5,000 worth of dress debt holds up??? Oh and that would be just the beginning.
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