Momma made these tops with no pattern. Helen's looks better than mine I believe. Seems like she made skirts with them. The back of my picture says I am 14 so Helen was 10. I think Mom sewed a lot of this by hand. She loved us and wanted for us to have pretty clothes. I hope we were proud of these. She likely ordered the fabric from National Bella Hess. The year is 1964!
Fleta and I the previous year, 1963. We shared everything. Same purple lipstick! Hannah Aday is Sister made over. The National Bella Hess Catalog from 1963.
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I see Siggie in you.
My mother made all our clothes too...until my dad died and she went to work. Then she bought our clothes. She was then a "Rosie the Riveter" during the Korean Conflict.
I was working at National Bellas Hess in 1964. I worked in the yard goods area, so if your mother ordered yard goods, there’s a chance I measured it out and cut it.
That is all momma could afford. We looked at the clothes dreamily but all we could afford was yard goods!
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