Sew and Sew

 Cleaning shelves

recently at my Mother's house

In New Zealand

 I found her Elna Sewing machine handbook

 

 Bought before I was born

 The sewing machine

produced most of the garments

we wore as children

until we learned to sew

and made our own

 The sewing machine could even embroider

 In a back pocket of the handbook

I found the original guarantee

from the Robertson reversible Sewing Machine Co

My mother's three girls

dressed in their beautiful dresses

But my favourite dress 

was a red spotted summer number

with matching red piping,

hence the caption on the postcard above

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