Category: traditions

Yes, I have a sewing machine

Yes, I have a sewing machine

        Yes, I have a sewing machine.  Actually, I have two.  If it seems extravagant to have two when I rarely use either one of them, then I must explain as to why I have two.         Sewing is a part of my family heritage.  Grandma Cox learned to sew from her Grandmother Fisher, who …

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Apron strings and other “ties that bind.”

Apron strings and other “ties that bind.”

     Apron strings often get a bad connotation because people refuse to cut them.  Is it the fault of the Apron Strings?  No–apron strings just help you keep your apron on.  And let me just go on record as saying, as messy as I get in the kitchen, those strings are very important! I have …

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