2blackcats

I have been sewing since I was 10 years old (50 years). When my Mom passed away I took all of her sewing supplies. I still have 2 spools of thread with the price still on them, they were 35 cents for 125 yards. They are colors you wouldn't use every day, dark magenta and turquoise. I love thinking of her every time I see them.

Prism99

Ha! I remember when gasoline was 29 cents a gallon!!!

loves_2_quilt

I have some thread that belonged to my husband's grandmother. She passed away 28 years ago at age 92. She was a wonderful seamstress and quilter. It makes me smile when I look at them. I wonder what she would think about he way we quilt today.
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DebraK

lol, me too. i don't think I knew about thread back then, but I remember the gasoline signs as I reclined in the station wagon ;-)

QuiltingHaven

I can top that. I have my grandmother's wooden spools with thread on them and they were 5 cents. They were from the 1930's and I have her Singer sewing machine that she bought for $3.00 per week for 6 months in 1937. I just used it this past week on the quilt I am making and it is still as wonderful for me as it was for her.

sassey

made me think of my late mil one day a few years ago she handed me a dollar and ask me to do to store and pick up 3 or 4 spools of thread she was suffering with alz. but hadn't lost her sewing skills her items were no longer precise like they once were but she stilled quilted

Boston1954

My goodness! I was going to say that exact thing. I can also remember when bread was the same price, and stamps were a nickel.

I wish I had some of my mother's old wooden spools, and the buttons. She had a large wooden box filled with buttons. We never seemed to actually use them. We just played with them.

gramajo

Me too. We could cruise all night for $1.00.

alleyoop1

But putting everything into perspective, my husband's first job only paid $65 per week!

BellaBoo

The dollar sure has lost a lot of value over the years. Seems silly it takes more dollars, could just raise the dollar value. But I know it doesn't work that way but it should.