Vintage
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66857)
Philippines
December 1, 2017 12:48am CST
This morning at around 9am, I thought about repairing the 2 pairs of shorts of my son; one that is below the knee and white while the other is grey. I started with the white.
I cut out a small white cloth, a ragged excess of the white uniform skirt that I sewed several years ago. I also used our vintage mechanical sewing machine. As you can see from the picture, it has the old - fashioned presser foot and behind that is the presser bar lifter.
I really enjoy sewing. I remember the costume of a doll I made when I was in grade 6 elementary. The costume was a female native of Rwanda.
My son thanked me after the repair and now he is wearing the grey shorts.
Can you sew? I can.
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15 responses
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
2 Dec 17
i remember that i made an outline of a dress in our work education, freshman high school, and me creating the national costume of a female Rwandan native. i can but not the electric one.
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@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
4 Dec 17
@ridingbet maybe i can learn it again if we have a sewing machine at home.
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@brokenbee (11090)
• Philippines
1 Dec 17
Yes, only by hand though... =) I never learned how to use our sewing machine.
We had Technology and Home Economics in elementary and high school but I never learned to use the sewing machine.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
2 Dec 17
how are you, hija? birthday coming soon again.
maybe you hurt your hands and fingers when you hand-sew, better use a thimble.
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@brokenbee (11090)
• Philippines
1 Dec 17
@hereandthere Yes, it's been a long time. Quite busy. How are you?
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
2 Dec 17
of course there are some chores that some men cannot do it, kabsat. it is fine. anyway, when you will have your own family, maybe your wife can repair some torn trousers of yours?
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@Shavkat (137189)
• Philippines
3 Dec 17
@ridingbet But I can use pin and needles to mend the broken clothes. We were taught how to do it.lol
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
4 Dec 17
@Shavkat yes, pins and needles, then you 'lilip' it so you can remove the pins and needles,right?
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
1 Dec 17
our sewing machine is still working, but i never learned to use it, either. i guess i'm scared because i don't have good coordination hehe. but at least i sew tears and holes.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
2 Dec 17
right, so you use the simple hem stitch when you repair holes and tears?
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
2 Dec 17
@hereandthere that is still good. you know a typical woman of the house's distinct chore.
@shivamani10 (11038)
• Hyderabad, India
1 Dec 17
Oh...very nice....These vintage items are like Gold. The sewing is one of my hobbies. The machine is some 55 years old. I enjoy sewing on that.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
2 Dec 17
@shivamani10 that is true. with just adding oil to those parts where it needs to be oiled, these vintage sewing machines can still beat the latest products of sewing machines.
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
2 Dec 17
the sewing machine in the picture is used by my mother when she was still single, until we came here in the province and she had her own dressmaking business with that same machine. so practically, the machines were hers since 1948.
@shivamani10 (11038)
• Hyderabad, India
2 Dec 17
@ridingbet Oh..very about that. My machine is of 1950. These are really good and standard products produced in olden days with responsibility, care, and devotion.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
2 Dec 17
i and my sister have each a sewing machine, my late mother said the sewing machines is our inheritance from her, aside from the education we have had from them.
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@YrNemo (20261)
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2 Dec 17
@ridingbet How precious! Your mother sounds a wonderful lady.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
2 Dec 17
@YrNemo i believe she was. she was the best dressmaker for me, and the best mother for me and my siblings.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
2 Dec 17
With a sewing machine? I don't think so.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
2 Dec 17
@ridingbet we were taught how to do different style of hand stitches back in high school. I haven’t done some sewing since then.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
2 Dec 17
really? but do you know how to hand-sew?
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@LadyDuck (457298)
• Switzerland
2 Dec 17
@ridingbet Yes I do, I have just finished to knit a shawl for my Mom.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
2 Dec 17
@LadyDuck that is sweet. hope your mother is awake to see the shawl you made for her
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
2 Dec 17
that is wonderful. do you enjoy crocheting or knitting as well? i learned to make centerpieces manually, and some of them are still here; also my crochet pieces.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
2 Dec 17
yes i did, and my son thanked me tremendously. "thank you ma, thank you ma" was his dialogue when i repaired his shorts
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@DianneN (246334)
• United States
2 Dec 17
@ridingbet Yes, it's a Singer. I used to have one of those little tiny ones, too. It was a long time ago, and didn't work that tell. I'm sure the newer ones must be fabulous!
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
2 Dec 17
your sewing machine, is it Singer, the electric one? Singer is a vintage brand, am i right? i saw one sewing machine that is so small that you can fix a hole or a tear just using one hand. so small it is like the size of a stapler. 
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
2 Dec 17
@DianneN our machine has the foot pedal, and yesterday, i actually pedaled with just my right foot. my sister wants to buy that small sewing machine but online. i told her there are tendencies that items bought online might not be as good and durable as those actually bought in department stores.
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
2 Dec 17
if you have one, i think it is nice to learn how to use it.
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@shubhu3 (36464)
• New Delhi, India
2 Dec 17
@ridingbet I agree. My mother knows it really well
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
1 Dec 17
My wife wanted to undergo skills training of TESDA which is tailoring
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
2 Dec 17
a colleague of mine who is now a nurse-supervisor (she quit the academe 2 years ago) also took dressmaking lessons in TESDA. now, she caters to operating room nurses for their scrub suits.
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
2 Dec 17
@ilocosboy no, she was a clinical instructor who has sideline as dressmaker, and now she is a nurse-supervisor.she still sews scrub suits.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
2 Dec 17
wow, that is a good earning from a nurse-supervisor turned dressmaker.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
2 Dec 17
@JustBhem that is great. do you use a thimble too?
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@Letranknight2015 (51490)
• Philippines
2 Dec 17
We have the electrical one, but the last time we used it was last year when my grandma was still around.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
2 Dec 17
hmm, i do not know how to sew in an electrical type of sewing machine; seems like i am the outdated person of being comfortable with the manual, even car transmission.
