The Legacy of Home

Grandbaby's Tea Set and handmade napkins at Mrs. White's House Last month, I found some beautiful Christmas Fabric.  I planne...

Mrs. White's Parlour Table Last night, after I cleaned the kitchen, I sat by the fire and did some mending.  In the background I c...

LOC: Home sewing in 1943.      In my Mother's day, children normally had three outfits. The saying was: " One in the drawer. One in...

I have this old ironing board that I have used for many years. It is wobbly and the cover is faded and worn. I did some ironing yesterday....

Library of Congress: Setting the table in home economics class, South Carolina, 1939     When Homemakers Learn The Science of Keeping a Ho...

There is a time, in a homemaker's day, called The Sewing Hour . It is when she sits quietly in the parlor and works on the sewing. Per...

Library of Congress:  Family cans their own food, Osage Farms, Missouri, 1939. There are so many families struggling right now. There ...

LOC: Mother with her child, at home in North Carolina, 1939.   I have been watching old episodes of The Waltons on DVD. I have enjoyed it so...

I have a darling, old singer sewing machine. It sits in an antique cabinet. It is so pretty, and reminds me of something one would see in a ...