My mom was born in 1926, raised her 10 siblings, because parents died young. Married my father at 26, and had 8 children of her own. Had a massive stroke in her early 40's, never walked again, but taught me how to cook, sew, can, clean by time I was 5. I took care of her till she died when I was 15. I remembered everything she taught me. Now today, 44 years later, I can and garden and quilt. I love it all. I've started my seeds for this spring. I sew and quilt and gift them to all my family and friends, I want to leave a little piece of me to the ones I love. I also share all my produce and my canned goods. There are folks at church....that are not afraid to come up and ask me for a jar of pickles :) This world is moving so quickly and so many wonderful skills are being left in the past. Loved this video! Thanks for sharing!!!
Wish you were close enough to give me lessons. My Mom abhorred anything feminine. My grandma was in her 70's when I was born and too old to teach me. I guess my grandma was very gifted at needle point too.
@@ambilaevus7607 I had a friend teach me the basics of piecing, always could sew, but she taught me to make a quilt in one day. You atube has MSQC channel. So many hundreds of tutorials on there, all free, also, Shabby Fabrics, Jen teaches on the beginning things and so much more. Jordan Fabrics is amazing. She is such a good teacher. Riley Blake, Fat Quarter shop. All Free You Tube channels that teach you absolutely everything quilting. Enjoy!
@@junewrogg6137 can you share the information on the sewing site(s) you mentioned? Unfortunately, I don't sew and wish I could. I've had many friends try to teach me. You know how some people just can't drive ? Well thats me with sewing. I can mend things with needle and thread, not pretty but can do it 🥰
Your mother ,even though she died young, left you with a legacy to be proud of . She raised a wonderful daughter. Wish I could know you personally , thank you for sharing ..
The past 2 years have really hammered this home for many, many people. I can't do a full homestead set up, but I have converted my backyard into a garden with several fruit trees.
Thank you for remembering when neighbors were neighbors! When my dad got cancer in 1956, the neighbors harvested all our crops, did our milking, ran dad's milk route, cared for all our live stock and in the spring of1957 they did our spring planting. It was help that mom badly needed and they did it all with out being asked. They just showed up! I was only 5 at the time, but a couple of them made it a point to stay in my life and helped teach me a good work ethic and how to grow into a man! They're long gone now, but still live in my heart!
Most people can't do a full homestead setup. The best a lot of us can do is a large garden in the backyard, a handful of chickens, and maybe a rabbit hutch. Thats what we have. You need a good acre + to get any real self sufficiency in food as wheat takes a large area to grow 500 pounds (family of 5).
I'm having a good laugh AT MYSELF! I loved the heading and just HAD to learn more -- then it occurred to me that I am the great-grandparent!! 15 great-grandchildren from 24 years down to 7 years old! Good to laugh at oneself sometimes!
You are completely right ! My grandparents married in 1926 , they found a person to loan them money for a farm . Banks were in trouble and had no money to loan . They survived by doing everything themselves. They learned from their parents on what to do . The only store they had back then was a dry goods store that sold flour meal and spices. They sold milk, eggs , chickens, vegetables and anything else to survive. That was the only way to make back then . They were self-reliant.
This is a timely message. We do need many different skills, esp when farming/homesteading. I call doing it right & to the best of your ability a "spirit of excellence". We learned that in Bible school & I pray more people start their work with that attitude. 🙂❤
My mother is a seamstress and used to teach seeing classes. Knowing how to darn and mend your clothes, coats, and jackets is a very useful skill to have! I am the youngest certified Bernina mechanic in the United States, but I'm much older now.
John, are you still working on Bernina sewing machines? I inherited my grandmother’s and my mom has one. They’re incredible machines, but finding a mechanic to service them can be tricky.
@@termlessblonde My parents closed the fabric store about 8-10 years ago and so they no longer have a Bernina dealership. My step-father still runs the sewing machine repair shop part of the business. If he gets a 1980s model 830 or any of the other older models that are mechanical (which is not very often any more) then I work on them. He works on everything else. Many of the parts and accessories for the mechanical Bernina sewing machines have become difficult to find now. We do still have a very limited supply of a few parts and feet.
Our grandparents also knew how to dance! I know this isn't a survival skill, but as a millennial it is disheartening the number of people unwilling to couples dance because they "don't know how."
I am only in my mid 30s and I feel like I'm 95 years old mentally. I despise how cheap things are made, how most people don't take pride in their work and I just want to get away from people and live like you do. Such a beautiful way of life and self sufficient.
Thank you for sharing! I love your heart for the old ways. I feel the same way about needing to follow the lead of our ancestors. Keep pressing in and encouraging us all to get back to basics!
My grandma was born in 1925 & I loved living with her growing up. We grew a garden, raised animals for food (I did 4H & FFA too) & cooked homemade from scratch meals a lot. My husband & I want to go off grid eventually & I started learning to can on my own right before the mess of 2020 started. I've always been handy & open to learn any skill so I'm trying to pass that on to my kids & encouraging my husband that he can learn a ton of new things too. He grew up differently than I did but wants to be self sufficient & has jumped in to help when I go to tackle new projects like the garden & canning.
There is so much truth in all of this. Your last point about community I feel is the biggest weakness in our society. Anymore it's almost too much for people just to help their neighbor. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and insights. As always a lot of great information.
I absolutely love this message! My husband is a volunteer firefighter and is on a department the was formed in the 1950s. Its saddening to see the department not gaining any new members especially when a majority of the current members are reaching ages they are physically having to leave. My husband's grandpa has been on the department since the start, he may only direct traffic now but he's still putting in that time. My husband is scared for the future of the department because there isn't enough people joining. 😔 Our department isn't the only one in our community that is struggling to get new members and to keep going.
Dad came from a family of 13...Mom from a family of two. They had 9 children...and we ALL learned how to cook, clan and sew. I can still remember my Dad saying "What are you going to do when your wife is in the hospital with your second or third child"!??
I'm in my 70s now, but when I was a child, my mom taught me to clean, cook, can and sew. When I complained, she would say "if you can't take care of yourself, how do you expect to take care of your own family?"
My mom grew up on a Depression Era farm in the Mid-West. I learned to can, cook, pickle, sew and tried to fixed just about everything. I've tried to pass as much as much of that mindset, even if not actual skills, on to my children and grandchildren. Great video.
In the 70's (junior high), I learned to sow. Years later when I was in the military, I sowed all my stripes and patches. I also learned at a young age to do laundry properly. I knew how to cook by high school, and even took a course in college. VERY THANKFUL for all that I learned. Now at 58
I’m 55 and back in junior high we had a required class called “single survival”, the semesters were divided up with basic life skills…….one of the smartest classes ever taught as far as I’m concerned ! I remember the boys not liking the sewing part and girls not liking the checking oil and changing a tire part, not many liked the financial part but we all loved the eating what we cooked part 🥰 I’m so grateful for that class and other home-ec classes I took, I’m sure others are too !!! Blessings
LOL Glad I am from rural Indiana. Everything you are talking about was taught and handed down. My Great grandparents on my Mom’s side were born in the late 1800’s and my Mom was raised in a home with no power or running water. You learned by helping as a child. My Dad’s parents were the same age as my maternal great grandparents and also were without electricity and running water. I am not yet 65 so I don’t consider myself old. My grandmothers both did all their cooking and canning on wood cookstoves and never owned a pressure canner or freezer.
Oh how is wish I knew how to sew more than buttons and hems. I did pass down to my daughters how to crochet. Now praying they teach my grandchildren! Working on my own skill set of making my own spices, more scratch cooking, canning, and dehydrating. Fermentation is my next hurdle! Local is such a huge thing. Thank you for the gentle reminder of those special skill sets we need to strive for. God bless!
My mother taught me to sew before I started first grade. I made my first school dress in the third grade (1962). I have sewn for my 5 daughters , including prom and wedding dresses. It was such a blessing when my granddaughter asked me to sew her Prom 2022 dress. You are spot on with your evaluation of what we all need to bring back.
I beleive they also took better care of the things they had. They had to work so hard for everything; so "you better take care of it" no matter what it is. Love your message!
I agree. Became very interested in sewing and quilting at a very young age. Made a lot of my baby brother’s clothes. When I married, started gardening and canning. That was 40 years ago. Many of my family and friends have always said I have an old soul. ☺️ I’m ok w that. I’ve always had an appreciation for the hand made quilts, the cast iron seasoned skillets, etc. wishing I could pass that on to my children. I know for sure my son and daughter-in-law value those things and show special attention and care. Thanks for all you share.
You are so right on all points. My son is the Chief of a Volunteer Fire Department and it's a real struggle to find people that want to serve their community in the fire department. He lives in a large county that has a different volunteer fire department in each community. The fire departments are so small that when they have a structure fire or brush fire they have to call for mutual aid from all of the other departments to have enough people to tackle the fire. When they have events out in the community my son has young adults come up to him often and talk about how cool or fun it must be to drive the fire trucks. My son asks them if they are interested in joining the department and their first questions is always "how much do you pay?". When they are told it's all volunteer they walk away.
The sewing kit brought back LOTS of memories!! But .... where are the buttons? For the record, I always had button JARS, and I STILL save buttons off clothes. ;)
I've definitely been blessed... was raised by my grandparents as much as my parents and my grandfather taught me exactly what you open with... never stop acquiring skill sets... if you can't afford it, make it, if you can't make it you don't need it.
Love your videos- reminds me of my child rearing years! I'm in my 60's now and scaling down but was fortunate enough to raise and home school my six kids on several acres. We kept chickens and ducks, two fiber sheep and a small herd of dairy goats for butter, milk, soap, etc. I'm an herbalist and have always kept a herb & veggie garden. The kids were in 4H and all learned to shear our sheep and angora bunnies. They all learned various 'in house' (sewing, spinning, cooking, preserving, weaving) and outdoor (carpentry/welding/mechanic) skills-all useful. We never kept cows but had neighbors that kept cows and hogs. Both happily traded freezer meat for goat milk soap, herbal remedies, eggs and warm fuzzy scarves! My gang are all grown and gone now but it sure was a lot of fun!
I absolutely agree with you about learning and sticking with learning skill sets. I learned sewing school and have used it here and there my whole life.
Good Sunday morning Melissa. Wonderful video as always. Here's an anecdote you might enjoy about cooking during the first Depression: One of my best recipes was handed down by my grandfather from Ohio who was part of a traveling band of clowns which toured the country in the 1930s and 40s. Not only did he fully participate as a performer (juggling and spraying seltzer mostly) but he was also in charge of the Clown Chuckwagon, and over the years, came up with a nice selection of mostly campfire stews (or "or stewge" as Gramps used to call them),, soups and casseroles. One of my favorites, casseroles, which I still prepare frequently, consists of baked beans and wieners (for the KETO portion of the meal), macaroni and cheese. and a couple handfuls of those big orange circus peanuts - a sweet yet savory bake-up that's a hit with everyone who tries it. Gramps had one clown name for performing with his fellow troupers at carnivals, civic events, etc., throughout the central Midwest ""Antsy Pants" - but around the campfire at breakfast or suppertime, when most of these talented vagabond buffoons had removed their make-up and hung their giant shoes in their campers, (but oddly enough not all of them) Gramps was affectionately known among the boys as "Yummo." He told me how it wasn't unusual for farmers to donate a hen or two and maybe a couple of dozen eggs, in return for a brief barnyard slapstick performance by a couple of the boys for the farmer, his family and his hired hands.. He also told me as soon as he got back to camp with the chickens, the alcoholic Geek who traveled with them would inevitably beg permission to bite the heads of the pullets when Gramps was ready to get those birds cooking. Seemed that this particular Geek actually not only savored the taste of the live chickens he was required to eat (which were usually provided by the promoter of the event at which the troupe was performing) - but craved more when "off=the-clock" Talk about a Carnivore diet!! Wow!!! Reportedly, he was known to comment that "live chicken pairs well with a pint of Carstairs White Seal Blended." By the way, Grandma also traveled with Gramps. She was the seamstress - making a good number of the clown suits from her own design and repairing all them when required. So of course Gram and Gran rolled along from town- to -town with a big foot pump operated sewing machine in their trailer, - in addition to all the pots, pants, cutlery, stirrers, etc. My Dad was born in a campground in Posey County, Indiana, delivered by a local midwife and plopped into a casserole baking dish as soon as Gramps cut the umbilical cord with his second best onion chopping knife. As for me, I married young and did well for myself in doing so. My wife is the daughter of an outdoor parking lot magnate in a major city in Ohio. I was dowried with three downtown lots. I've had a comfortable life pretty much doing whatever I want all day while other people collect money on my behalf while sitting down in booths, watching TV, reading (or even snoozing between customers arriving and honking the horns to wake 'em up). Consequently, for awhile, I was able to open a couple of storefront business which specialized in selling "clown suits for the whole family," including custom made if somebody wanted them - and even clown suits for the family pets. The seamstresses I hired used Gram's patterns, of course. . The stores were called "Hem and Ha!" - and with every sale, I usually threw in a copy of one of Gramps' recipes for a clown casseroles, "silly stew," "buffoon bread, "Punchinello Porridge,," or what have you. Of course, they all pair well with seltzer water,
The colors of the quilt are beautiful. I learned a lot from my mother and the basics of sewing when I was 11 years old. We had to learn it, it was another way to kill time.
Going off on what she said about things being made better years ago… I was just looking at a pair of p.j.bottoms (one from 20 years ago, the other from 2 years ago) & the ones I bought recently wore worn & stretched & some have pilled(balls on the material) & the tag was the kicker for me…They USED TO stitch the tags with thread so the tag directions & materials used on garment never wore out & you could see it “20 years” later! & the other one was worn off after a few washes( tags with the inked/printed on directions & material used.) also, the material is thicker feeling by far on the older p.j. Bottoms… also the seams are really well stitched. Just little things like that, that you can tell how well they made things. Your lucky to find ANYTHING that is well made & with good materials, today. I sometimes look for vintage things (depending on what it is) for the craftsmanship & materials used on the product, are just better… BY FAR!
All of this is so critically important. Something that is lost to most people today. Community is the one that stood out to me that I need to work. Even in my own neighborhood I only know one neighbor by name. So sad. I’ve spent years learning to be self sufficient but community is definitely so important. Thanks for spending time discussing such a vital topic.
I love that you mentioned community - so important. Those of you who live in nice, helpful communities, please don't take it for granted. 🙏 It's a blessing.
My favorite part was the sewing kit and the admonition "Never touch Mom's sewing scissors...". My mother and her grandmother were both multi-award-winning sewers. My mother designed, sewed, (and received an award certificate for) her wedding suit. I could sew, I even designed a few things, but several of my sisters were much better than I. What a lovely memory.
i just found a video of yours today and have been hooked. I really enjoy how you have learned from your family. I have only been canning for 10 years. Learning from my Mother and Father in law who grow an amazing garden, and watching some videos for new things as I work 12 hours a day. One thing that really caught my attention at the end of this video is the appliance issue these days! We own 2 1931 monitor top one 4 door in our detached garage for all my produce from the garden and a single door in our house that we use for extra storage and bevarages are the best and coldest we have. we restored one and one is original, both are beautiful. Thank you for videos.
100% on target. I'm slowly moving back to what my parents did. Dairy - I have a local whole milk and cheese dairy about 15m from my house. They often sell fresh honey too. Meat - There is a couple not far from me that have free range chickens, pork, and beef as well as eggs. I try to support them rather than the grocery store. I'm making my own bread now (what a difference!). Noodles are next. I have my mom's cast iron skillet and other cast iron. She's not with us anymore and I think about her when I use it. None of this is hard to do and it's satisfying. Great video.
Thumbs up! Thank you for making this video, skills are sorely needed but not taught these days. My grandmother was a seamstress, unfortunately her machine & skills weren't passed down. YT wouldn't let me give you a "thumbs up" ? So here 👍
My dads mom sewed all her sons shirts. Flour used to come in fabric bags. She choose the best printed flour bags so she would have fabric for her sons shirts. This was in the 40's. She became a seamstress after they left the farm for the city. Great video
We moved into a new home with no stove. My husband was driving home from work when he came across a 1931 Martha Washington, big as a boat, stove in someone's yard. He talked to the woman and she said nothing was wrong with it, she had just wanted a new one. We had that stove for years, when I decided it was time for new. I've regretted it since because we've bought 4 stoves over the years.
We live in Australia and are homesteading. Loving this lifestyle. We raise sheep,cattle,pigs,goats,chickens and have just purchased a milking cow with calf. I also bake from scratch including bread. I also make soap and cheese. I sew and love to make quilts I also knit crochet. I have a spinning wheel and want to learn how to use it. We live off tank and bore water. Pump from the creek for the animals and garden. It is a great lifestyle and we love it.
Sadly, I have soooo many friends, acquaintances etc. who cannot cook nor can they even sew on a button if one falls off. They'll toss the clothes and go buy new - blows my mind!!!! Thanks for this Melissa!!
I use a thimble with a metal cap and leather body. Makes it easy to push needles with metal tip and grip/pull through with the leathers sides. Love that little thing!
Both my grandmas canned fruit & veggies & I started canning my own jam many years ago & I love it. When my maternal grandmother passed away I got her sewing basket & still have today-I found a pair of knitting needles inside & taught myself to knit. I have made a few scarves, several shawls & a hat for myself, I knit baby hats for NICU around the country & will start making hats for cancer patients soon. I also see & have 1 quilt so far & am working on another. I remember my grandmas helping friends at church & little community get togethers - I miss those times. I live in a major city & am planning a move back to a small town to reconnect to my roots & live a bit more like my ancestors did.
You should do a series of how to sew for beginners! I’ve been wanting to learn for a while not. I could probably sew a button onto something and piece together a seam if absolutely had to haha but would love a beginners how to!!
My Gramma grew up on a farm in rural Minnesota as 3rd youngest of 14. She's taught my mother and siblings and I many things like canning, gardening, and basic sewing. But there's still so much more I want to learn from her while I can. Hoping to convince her and my Papa to move down here with us with the incentive that it's warmer here. lol
Very good video Melissa. Many of the skills of our parents and grandparents have been replaced by todays throw away society. I bought a Singer model 66 sewing machine about 7 years ago to make beds for my dogs. It was made in 1910 and is in beautiful shape. I’ve since learned to mend my work clothes and horse tack with it. Not to mention it’s a beautiful piece of artwork.
I remember we had a big square low to the ground coffee table in our living room when I was a kid. And standing on it as my mom pinned the hem with straight pins (it was a sleeveless homemade dress, a pink and beige paisley print. She put matching pink and beige tiny rick rack trim around the neckline and hem.) Wished I still had that dress (I think it was for my 2nd or 3rd grade school picture). It was the late 60's, and I had a short pixie haircut. She talked me into letting her set the top little hair I had, with those small rubber perm rods. I slept with them on all night. The next morning, I was all excited about wearing my pretty new dress, and she took me in the bathroom to do my hair. When she took those tiny perm rods out, and brushed it, she thought it looked lovely. I took one look in the mirror, and was in shock! I hated it, I didn't like all the fluffy tight curls on the top of my head. She tried convincing me it was very pretty. I started crying, not like a spoiled brat crying... but truly upset and didn't want to go to school with that hairstyle. She said to brush it to how I liked it. So she left the bathroom to get my shoes or something, and I kept brushing it trying to make it look better, but it wasn't working for me, lol. I turned the sink on and wet the hairbrush, and started brushing the top of my head...that works.....need more water! She came back to check on me and saw the wet hair on top, and was "What did you do?!!!" I think this is when I started crying, not before. She wasn't mad, she helped me comb it and put it in place. Those curls were so tight, that in that school picture, you can see big wavy swirls on the top of my head. I still smiled for the picture, lol. The photographer told me to say "Pickles", and it made me giggle. Would love to see those dresses your mother sewed for you, that's wonderful that you still have them!.
Such a good video. My family also had the skill of knowing how to do without. We didn’t have so many things, and yet we all grew up just fine, and healthy. I feel so blessed to have my kitchen gadgets and extra shoes, tv, and microwave….but I know how to do without all of them. It is a skill.
As the internet meme says: 2020 appliances: Break within 2 years 1970’s refrigerator: I will out live you and everyone you love. I am eternal. I am time itself.
Another thing they were better at was foraging. I remember foraging throughout the year to build my GrandMothers Pantry staples. Also; while you touched on community, you forgot to mention sewing bees, canning circles, harvesting parties, and, common celebrations where Weddings, Christenings, Funerals, etc. became Community pot-lucks where everyone contributed so celebrations were affordable. Also, when someone had a baby, illness, or passing, the entire Community came together in an outpouring of support with meals, harvesting, everything/anything that needed doing. When we get back to looking to help our neighbors instead of looking for faults, we'll all come a whole lot closer to what we're searching for in the first place. Surprise. It was always there, we just forgot... "Do onto Other's as You would have them Do Unto You!
Thank you for sharing. We need more videos from our parents and grandparents. They live longer and they where healthier then we are. I have family members /parents they live over 100 and passed away because age not heath problems.. God bless you and your family!!
Looks like my very old sewing kit from decades ago. Was my first also. I have all boys so I never passed that along but as adults they know the basics.
This is so true. So many skills have been lost. I got so tired of replacing my boys socks that I took it upon myself a month ago to learn to darn socks. I even kind of enjoy it!
That is so strange I have almost the identical sewing box that I got from my grandmother on my wife side and I use it I’ve sold since I was nine or 10 years old I’m 63 now.
My Mom taught me how to embroider at eight, and make baby clothes for my first son ,left me in charge of cooking at nine,,I cannot make bread unless I can feel it, eventually I took up spinning wool for knitting.
I used to watch my granddaughter in the summer and she would design clothes for her Barbies. She would always take my scissors. Well I brilliantly decided to tie it to the leg of my sewing table. Wellll - she walked over to the table and cut the string with my scissors and walked away with it. I laughed so hard. Grandma was thinking. At least she only cut fabric.
So true! I just replaced a Sharp Carousel Microwave that was over 30 years old. It actually still works, it just has to take a nap after 12 minutes of running. 😂 Big and clunky but it was awesome!
Oh that’s funny….me too ! Mine was 35 years old and it still ran but would spark when heating certain things so I broke down and bought a new one, the kind that a convection oven too. Blessings
One other nearly forgotten skill is home butchering and curing meat. My dad had a family sausage recipe that had been passed down from his great grand father, but he died before I was old enough to learn it!
@@joannathesinger770 I hope you can pass what you learned from your grandfather on to your grandchildren. It would be a special gift! Blessings to you and yours!
That is so true about appliances. It drives my nuts. Im 60 and I have things that were my grandparents. If I try to replace things today the only last a year sometimes. Furniture too. Reapolster the old the new breaks .
I keep beating the drum.of skill sets. I amcshocked at how few younger people have. I have my Grandma's sewing kit. I have her old wooden sock darner. I have been sewing knitting and crocheting for years. Hubby apprenticed and then worked as a butcher foe 10 years.
We did not have Dorito's in the 1960's. We did have Coca Cola, we rarely got to have it though. I remember when my grandfather got his first telephone it was one of the first phone's in town, he complained about it since he had no one else to call. His phone number had three digits. Same thing with his new color tv, everything was still in black and white except the nightly news. We lived in a house where the wiring was on the outside of the walls, it was common to see wiring running up and across the walls and across the ceiling, there were bare bulbs with a pull string to turn them on. There was a hand pump sink in the kitchen, the sink was brass. Hand pumps were common. There was a wringer washer on the back porch, we took our baths out there, there was a wood cookstove in the kitchen, we canned our food with it. The back porch is where all the canned food was stored, shelves and shelves of it, it was beautiful to me. Often grampa would shoot a bear, skin it out and cook the whole thing is his smokehouse, gramma would can or put it up as she called it. In preparation for the winter months. My grandparents raised their children to work hard. Grampa was a logger and had a mill. He fought in WWI AND WWII. He was born at Moses Lake Washington in 1898, he passed in 2003 at 105
I remember when I was a kid all the neighbours coming over to help my dad build our garage and making food and drinks for them and I played waitress. I remember it being a lot of fun. It’s ad now that most people don’t even know their neighbours.
Oh, Melissa. That quilt is beyond basic sewing. I do basic sewing. Buttons, patches, torn seams or holes. I would love to learn quilting one day. Honestly, for some reason hemming intimidates me. Idk why, but it does. So does the thought of completely sewing clothes from scratch......
My greatgrandmother lived into her 90's and was born in 1891. My grandfather grew up eating from his mother's vegetable garden, milk cow, hens. He was born in 1917 and lived to 98 and I believe would have lived longer if it were not for a fall. I'm certain his diet contributed to his longevity. Greatgrandma maintained a huge, impressive vegetable garden even into her old age.
My mom was born in 1926, raised her 10 siblings, because parents died young. Married my father at 26, and had 8 children of her own. Had a massive stroke in her early 40's, never walked again, but taught me how to cook, sew, can, clean by time I was 5. I took care of her till she died when I was 15. I remembered everything she taught me. Now today, 44 years later, I can and garden and quilt. I love it all. I've started my seeds for this spring. I sew and quilt and gift them to all my family and friends, I want to leave a little piece of me to the ones I love. I also share all my produce and my canned goods. There are folks at church....that are not afraid to come up and ask me for a jar of pickles :) This world is moving so quickly and so many wonderful skills are being left in the past. Loved this video! Thanks for sharing!!!
Wish you were close enough to give me lessons. My Mom abhorred anything feminine. My grandma was in her 70's when I was born and too old to teach me. I guess my grandma was very gifted at needle point too.
@@ambilaevus7607 I had a friend teach me the basics of piecing, always could sew, but she taught me to make a quilt in one day. You atube has MSQC channel. So many hundreds of tutorials on there, all free, also, Shabby Fabrics, Jen teaches on the beginning things and so much more. Jordan Fabrics is amazing. She is such a good teacher. Riley Blake, Fat Quarter shop. All Free You Tube channels that teach you absolutely everything quilting. Enjoy!
Inspiring history, thanks for sharing
@@junewrogg6137 can you share the information on the sewing site(s) you mentioned? Unfortunately, I don't sew and wish I could. I've had many friends try to teach me. You know how some people just can't drive ? Well thats me with sewing. I can mend things with needle and thread, not pretty but can do it 🥰
Your mother ,even though she died young, left you with a legacy to be proud of . She raised a wonderful daughter. Wish I could know you personally , thank you for sharing ..
The past 2 years have really hammered this home for many, many people. I can't do a full homestead set up, but I have converted my backyard into a garden with several fruit trees.
Thank you for remembering when neighbors were neighbors! When my dad got cancer in 1956, the neighbors harvested all our crops, did our milking, ran dad's milk route, cared for all our live stock and in the spring of1957 they did our spring planting. It was help that mom badly needed and they did it all with out being asked. They just showed up! I was only 5 at the time, but a couple of them made it a point to stay in my life and helped teach me a good work ethic and how to grow into a man! They're long gone now, but still live in my heart!
try to encourage your friends, family and neighbors to do the same
Most people can't do a full homestead setup. The best a lot of us can do is a large garden in the backyard, a handful of chickens, and maybe a rabbit hutch. Thats what we have. You need a good acre + to get any real self sufficiency in food as wheat takes a large area to grow 500 pounds (family of 5).
I'm having a good laugh AT MYSELF! I loved the heading and just HAD to learn more -- then it occurred to me that I am the great-grandparent!! 15 great-grandchildren from 24 years down to 7 years old! Good to laugh at oneself sometimes!
You are completely right ! My grandparents married in 1926 , they found a person to loan them money for a farm . Banks were in trouble and had no money to loan . They survived by doing everything themselves. They learned from their parents on what to do . The only store they had back then was a dry goods store that sold flour meal and spices. They sold milk, eggs , chickens, vegetables and anything else to survive. That was the only way to make back then . They were self-reliant.
We tell our kids two things in particular all the time... Give 100% in everything you do and Always be prepared.
This is a timely message. We do need many different skills, esp when farming/homesteading. I call doing it right & to the best of your ability a "spirit of excellence". We learned that in Bible school & I pray more people start their work with that attitude. 🙂❤
My mother is a seamstress and used to teach seeing classes. Knowing how to darn and mend your clothes, coats, and jackets is a very useful skill to have! I am the youngest certified Bernina mechanic in the United States, but I'm much older now.
John, are you still working on Bernina sewing machines? I inherited my grandmother’s and my mom has one. They’re incredible machines, but finding a mechanic to service them can be tricky.
@@termlessblonde My parents closed the fabric store about 8-10 years ago and so they no longer have a Bernina dealership. My step-father still runs the sewing machine repair shop part of the business. If he gets a 1980s model 830 or any of the other older models that are mechanical (which is not very often any more) then I work on them. He works on everything else. Many of the parts and accessories for the mechanical Bernina sewing machines have become difficult to find now. We do still have a very limited supply of a few parts and feet.
That's a wonderful machine
I love my Bernina Sport 802! Bought it in the 80’s. Does need a look over. But still sews like a champ!
Our grandparents also knew how to dance! I know this isn't a survival skill, but as a millennial it is disheartening the number of people unwilling to couples dance because they "don't know how."
I couldn’t agree more Melissa. So many things have fallen away from out grandparent time. I wish people had the skills they used to.
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I am only in my mid 30s and I feel like I'm 95 years old mentally. I despise how cheap things are made, how most people don't take pride in their work and I just want to get away from people and live like you do. Such a beautiful way of life and self sufficient.
I feel the same way!
I'm 24 and feel the same! I'm rarely able to relate to people my own age.
Thank you for sharing! I love your heart for the old ways. I feel the same way about needing to follow the lead of our ancestors. Keep pressing in and encouraging us all to get back to basics!
My grandma was born in 1925 & I loved living with her growing up. We grew a garden, raised animals for food (I did 4H & FFA too) & cooked homemade from scratch meals a lot. My husband & I want to go off grid eventually & I started learning to can on my own right before the mess of 2020 started. I've always been handy & open to learn any skill so I'm trying to pass that on to my kids & encouraging my husband that he can learn a ton of new things too. He grew up differently than I did but wants to be self sufficient & has jumped in to help when I go to tackle new projects like the garden & canning.
There is so much truth in all of this. Your last point about community I feel is the biggest weakness in our society. Anymore it's almost too much for people just to help their neighbor. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and insights. As always a lot of great information.
I absolutely love this message! My husband is a volunteer firefighter and is on a department the was formed in the 1950s. Its saddening to see the department not gaining any new members especially when a majority of the current members are reaching ages they are physically having to leave. My husband's grandpa has been on the department since the start, he may only direct traffic now but he's still putting in that time. My husband is scared for the future of the department because there isn't enough people joining. 😔 Our department isn't the only one in our community that is struggling to get new members and to keep going.
Dad came from a family of 13...Mom from a family of two. They had 9 children...and we ALL learned how to cook, clan and sew. I can still remember my Dad saying "What are you going to do when your wife is in the hospital with your second or third child"!??
That's wonderful to learn all those skills! Would pray that they would never need a hospital for any children, though 💗
I'm in my 70s now, but when I was a child, my mom taught me to clean, cook, can and sew. When I complained, she would say "if you can't take care of yourself, how do you expect to take care of your own family?"
@@stanleypennock2118 YUP!!! And now...WE THANK THEM!!!!
@@papabear5506 "having" the 2nd...3rd child!
Leaving a note on the message board at your local feed store makes finding local resources easier.
My mom grew up on a Depression Era farm in the Mid-West. I learned to can, cook, pickle, sew and tried to fixed just about everything. I've tried to pass as much as much of that mindset, even if not actual skills, on to my children and grandchildren. Great video.
In the 70's (junior high), I learned to sow. Years later when I was in the military, I sowed all my stripes and patches.
I also learned at a young age to do laundry properly.
I knew how to cook by high school, and even took a course in college.
VERY THANKFUL for all that I learned.
Now at 58
I’m 55 and back in junior high we had a required class called “single survival”, the semesters were divided up with basic life skills…….one of the smartest classes ever taught as far as I’m concerned !
I remember the boys not liking the sewing part and girls not liking the checking oil and changing a tire part, not many liked the financial part but we all loved the eating what we cooked part 🥰
I’m so grateful for that class and other home-ec classes I took, I’m sure others are too !!!
Blessings
@@rnupnorthbrrrsm6123 REALLY wish either our public schools or at least my parents would have taught me a LOT More on finacial stuff
LOL Glad I am from rural Indiana. Everything you are talking about was taught and handed down. My Great grandparents on my Mom’s side were born in the late 1800’s and my Mom was raised in a home with no power or running water. You learned by helping as a child. My Dad’s parents were the same age as my maternal great grandparents and also were without electricity and running water. I am not yet 65 so I don’t consider myself old. My grandmothers both did all their cooking and canning on wood cookstoves and never owned a pressure canner or freezer.
Oh how is wish I knew how to sew more than buttons and hems. I did pass down to my daughters how to crochet. Now praying they teach my grandchildren! Working on my own skill set of making my own spices, more scratch cooking, canning, and dehydrating. Fermentation is my next hurdle! Local is such a huge thing. Thank you for the gentle reminder of those special skill sets we need to strive for. God bless!
So much truth here Melissa. I remember that “any job worth doing phrase so many many times” lol
My mother taught me to sew before I started first grade. I made my first school dress in the third grade (1962). I have sewn for my 5 daughters , including prom and wedding dresses. It was such a blessing when my granddaughter asked me to sew her Prom 2022 dress. You are spot on with your evaluation of what we all need to bring back.
I beleive they also took better care of the things they had. They had to work so hard for everything; so "you better take care of it" no matter what it is. Love your message!
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I agree. Became very interested in sewing and quilting at a very young age. Made a lot of my baby brother’s clothes. When I married, started gardening and canning. That was 40 years ago. Many of my family and friends have always said I have an old soul. ☺️ I’m ok w that. I’ve always had an appreciation for the hand made quilts, the cast iron seasoned skillets, etc. wishing I could pass that on to my children. I know for sure my son and daughter-in-law value those things and show special attention and care. Thanks for all you share.
You are so right on all points. My son is the Chief of a Volunteer Fire Department and it's a real struggle to find people that want to serve their community in the fire department. He lives in a large county that has a different volunteer fire department in each community. The fire departments are so small that when they have a structure fire or brush fire they have to call for mutual aid from all of the other departments to have enough people to tackle the fire. When they have events out in the community my son has young adults come up to him often and talk about how cool or fun it must be to drive the fire trucks. My son asks them if they are interested in joining the department and their first questions is always "how much do you pay?". When they are told it's all volunteer they walk away.
The sewing kit brought back LOTS of memories!! But .... where are the buttons? For the record, I always had button JARS, and I STILL save buttons off clothes. ;)
I've definitely been blessed... was raised by my grandparents as much as my parents and my grandfather taught me exactly what you open with... never stop acquiring skill sets... if you can't afford it, make it, if you can't make it you don't need it.
Love your videos- reminds me of my child rearing years! I'm in my 60's now and scaling down but was fortunate enough to raise and home school my six kids on several acres. We kept chickens and ducks, two fiber sheep and a small herd of dairy goats for butter, milk, soap, etc. I'm an herbalist and have always kept a herb & veggie garden. The kids were in 4H and all learned to shear our sheep and angora bunnies. They all learned various 'in house' (sewing, spinning, cooking, preserving, weaving) and outdoor (carpentry/welding/mechanic) skills-all useful.
We never kept cows but had neighbors that kept cows and hogs. Both happily traded freezer meat for goat milk soap, herbal remedies, eggs and warm fuzzy scarves! My gang are all grown and gone now but it sure was a lot of fun!
I absolutely agree with you about learning and sticking with learning skill sets. I learned sewing school and have used it here and there my whole life.
Good Sunday morning Melissa. Wonderful video as always. Here's an anecdote you might enjoy about cooking during the first Depression: One of my best recipes was handed down by my grandfather from Ohio who was part of a traveling band of clowns which toured the country in the 1930s and 40s. Not only did he fully participate as a performer (juggling and spraying seltzer mostly) but he was also in charge of the Clown Chuckwagon, and over the years, came up with a nice selection of mostly campfire stews (or "or stewge" as Gramps used to call them),, soups and casseroles. One of my favorites, casseroles, which I still prepare frequently, consists of baked beans and wieners (for the KETO portion of the meal), macaroni and cheese. and a couple handfuls of those big orange circus peanuts - a sweet yet savory bake-up that's a hit with everyone who tries it. Gramps had one clown name for performing with his fellow troupers at carnivals, civic events, etc., throughout the central Midwest ""Antsy Pants" - but around the campfire at breakfast or suppertime, when most of these talented vagabond buffoons had removed their make-up and hung their giant shoes in their campers, (but oddly enough not all of them) Gramps was affectionately known among the boys as "Yummo." He told me how it wasn't unusual for farmers to donate a hen or two and maybe a couple of dozen eggs, in return for a brief barnyard slapstick performance by a couple of the boys for the farmer, his family and his hired hands.. He also told me as soon as he got back to camp with the chickens, the alcoholic Geek who traveled with them would inevitably beg permission to bite the heads of the pullets when Gramps was ready to get those birds cooking. Seemed that this particular Geek actually not only savored the taste of the live chickens he was required to eat (which were usually provided by the promoter of the event at which the troupe was performing) - but craved more when "off=the-clock" Talk about a Carnivore diet!! Wow!!! Reportedly, he was known to comment that "live chicken pairs well with a pint of Carstairs White Seal Blended." By the way, Grandma also traveled with Gramps. She was the seamstress - making a good number of the clown suits from her own design and repairing all them when required. So of course Gram and Gran rolled along from town- to -town with a big foot pump operated sewing machine in their trailer, - in addition to all the pots, pants, cutlery, stirrers, etc. My Dad was born in a campground in Posey County, Indiana, delivered by a local midwife and plopped into a casserole baking dish as soon as Gramps cut the umbilical cord with his second best onion chopping knife. As for me, I married young and did well for myself in doing so. My wife is the daughter of an outdoor parking lot magnate in a major city in Ohio. I was dowried with three downtown lots. I've had a comfortable life pretty much doing whatever I want all day while other people collect money on my behalf while sitting down in booths, watching TV, reading (or even snoozing between customers arriving and honking the horns to wake 'em up). Consequently, for awhile, I was able to open a couple of storefront business which specialized in selling "clown suits for the whole family," including custom made if somebody wanted them - and even clown suits for the family pets. The seamstresses I hired used Gram's patterns, of course. . The stores were called "Hem and Ha!" - and with every sale, I usually threw in a copy of one of Gramps' recipes for a clown casseroles, "silly stew," "buffoon bread, "Punchinello Porridge,," or what have you. Of course, they all pair well with seltzer water,
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@@FirstLast-uy3di Good morning Melissa. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Have a great Friday and a wonderful weekend. . Stay in touch. 😊😊 ❤
My mother's sewing kit was the same as yours, even had a big red pincushion!
The colors of the quilt are beautiful. I learned a lot from my mother and the basics of sewing when I was 11 years old. We had to learn it, it was another way to kill time.
Going off on what she said about things being made better years ago… I was just looking at a pair of p.j.bottoms (one from 20 years ago, the other from 2 years ago) & the ones I bought recently wore worn & stretched & some have pilled(balls on the material) & the tag was the kicker for me…They USED TO stitch the tags with thread so the tag directions & materials used on garment never wore out & you could see it “20 years” later! & the other one was worn off after a few washes( tags with the inked/printed on directions & material used.) also, the material is thicker feeling by far on the older p.j. Bottoms… also the seams are really well stitched.
Just little things like that, that you can tell how well they made things. Your lucky to find ANYTHING that is well made & with good materials, today. I sometimes look for vintage things (depending on what it is) for the craftsmanship & materials used on the product, are just better… BY FAR!
All of this is so critically important. Something that is lost to most people today. Community is the one that stood out to me that I need to work. Even in my own neighborhood I only know one neighbor by name. So sad. I’ve spent years learning to be self sufficient but community is definitely so important. Thanks for spending time discussing such a vital topic.
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Beautiful quilt Melissa ❤️ I sew,quilt, crochet, craft, cook from scratch and etc. And I'm so glad 😊
I love that you mentioned community - so important. Those of you who live in nice, helpful communities, please don't take it for granted. 🙏 It's a blessing.
My favorite part was the sewing kit and the admonition "Never touch Mom's sewing scissors...". My mother and her grandmother were both multi-award-winning sewers. My mother designed, sewed, (and received an award certificate for) her wedding suit. I could sew, I even designed a few things, but several of my sisters were much better than I. What a lovely memory.
I am hoping to take a sewing class this fall at our community college.
My Grandmother gave me that sewing kit, box and all. She taught me how to sew. In North East OK I now teach the ladies how to sew.
i just found a video of yours today and have been hooked. I really enjoy how you have learned from your family. I have only been canning for 10 years. Learning from my Mother and Father in law who grow an amazing garden, and watching some videos for new things as I work 12 hours a day. One thing that really caught my attention at the end of this video is the appliance issue these days! We own 2 1931 monitor top one 4 door in our detached garage for all my produce from the garden and a single door in our house that we use for extra storage and bevarages are the best and coldest we have. we restored one and one is original, both are beautiful. Thank you for videos.
100% on target. I'm slowly moving back to what my parents did. Dairy - I have a local whole milk and cheese dairy about 15m from my house. They often sell fresh honey too. Meat - There is a couple not far from me that have free range chickens, pork, and beef as well as eggs. I try to support them rather than the grocery store. I'm making my own bread now (what a difference!). Noodles are next. I have my mom's cast iron skillet and other cast iron. She's not with us anymore and I think about her when I use it. None of this is hard to do and it's satisfying. Great video.
Thumbs up! Thank you for making this video, skills are sorely needed but not taught these days. My grandmother was a seamstress, unfortunately her machine & skills weren't passed down.
YT wouldn't let me give you a "thumbs up" ? So here 👍
Second channel having this YT issue today.
My dads mom sewed all her sons shirts. Flour used to come in fabric bags. She choose the best printed flour bags so she would have fabric for her sons shirts. This was in the 40's. She became a seamstress after they left the farm for the city. Great video
We moved into a new home with no stove. My husband was driving home from work when he came across a 1931 Martha Washington, big as a boat, stove in someone's yard. He talked to the woman and she said nothing was wrong with it, she had just wanted a new one. We had that stove for years, when I decided it was time for new. I've regretted it since because we've bought 4 stoves over the years.
We live in Australia and are homesteading. Loving this lifestyle. We raise sheep,cattle,pigs,goats,chickens and have just purchased a milking cow with calf. I also bake from scratch including bread. I also make soap and cheese. I sew and love to make quilts I also knit crochet. I have a spinning wheel and want to learn how to use it. We live off tank and bore water. Pump from the creek for the animals and garden. It is a great lifestyle and we love it.
Sadly, I have soooo many friends, acquaintances etc. who cannot cook nor can they even sew on a button if one falls off. They'll toss the clothes and go buy new - blows my mind!!!! Thanks for this Melissa!!
I use a thimble with a metal cap and leather body. Makes it easy to push needles with metal tip and grip/pull through with the leathers sides. Love that little thing!
Your quilt is very pretty! I also quilt and I enjoy it very much. Thank you for the Great to know tips in your links. 😉
Great message and I’ve spent my entire adult life hiding my scissors from my husband and children!
Both my grandmas canned fruit & veggies & I started canning my own jam many years ago & I love it. When my maternal grandmother passed away I got her sewing basket & still have today-I found a pair of knitting needles inside & taught myself to knit. I have made a few scarves, several shawls & a hat for myself, I knit baby hats for NICU around the country & will start making hats for cancer patients soon. I also see & have 1 quilt so far & am working on another. I remember my grandmas helping friends at church & little community get togethers - I miss those times. I live in a major city & am planning a move back to a small town to reconnect to my roots & live a bit more like my ancestors did.
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You should do a series of how to sew for beginners! I’ve been wanting to learn for a while not.
I could probably sew a button onto something and piece together a seam if absolutely had to haha but would love a beginners how to!!
How exciting, Melissa! I am so happy for you.
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My Gramma grew up on a farm in rural Minnesota as 3rd youngest of 14. She's taught my mother and siblings and I many things like canning, gardening, and basic sewing. But there's still so much more I want to learn from her while I can. Hoping to convince her and my Papa to move down here with us with the incentive that it's warmer here. lol
My great grandfather started the first store in Firwood part of Tacoma. He lived upstairs. They delivered groceries.
I love that knitted handle cover on your cast iron skillet. What a great idea! I'l definitely make one of those :-)
Very good video Melissa. Many of the skills of our parents and grandparents have been replaced by todays throw away society. I bought a Singer model 66 sewing machine about 7 years ago to make beds for my dogs. It was made in 1910 and is in beautiful shape. I’ve since learned to mend my work clothes and horse tack with it. Not to mention it’s a beautiful piece of artwork.
I remember we had a big square low to the ground coffee table in our living room when I was a kid. And standing on it as my mom pinned the hem with straight pins (it was a sleeveless homemade dress, a pink and beige paisley print. She put matching pink and beige tiny rick rack trim around the neckline and hem.) Wished I still had that dress (I think it was for my 2nd or 3rd grade school picture). It was the late 60's, and I had a short pixie haircut. She talked me into letting her set the top little hair I had, with those small rubber perm rods. I slept with them on all night. The next morning, I was all excited about wearing my pretty new dress, and she took me in the bathroom to do my hair. When she took those tiny perm rods out, and brushed it, she thought it looked lovely. I took one look in the mirror, and was in shock! I hated it, I didn't like all the fluffy tight curls on the top of my head. She tried convincing me it was very pretty. I started crying, not like a spoiled brat crying... but truly upset and didn't want to go to school with that hairstyle. She said to brush it to how I liked it. So she left the bathroom to get my shoes or something, and I kept brushing it trying to make it look better, but it wasn't working for me, lol. I turned the sink on and wet the hairbrush, and started brushing the top of my head...that works.....need more water! She came back to check on me and saw the wet hair on top, and was "What did you do?!!!" I think this is when I started crying, not before. She wasn't mad, she helped me comb it and put it in place. Those curls were so tight, that in that school picture, you can see big wavy swirls on the top of my head. I still smiled for the picture, lol. The photographer told me to say "Pickles", and it made me giggle.
Would love to see those dresses your mother sewed for you, that's wonderful that you still have them!.
My grandmother and great grandmother taught me to stich by hand and sew on a tredle machine. I also always make 2 or 3 meals from a whole chicken.
Yes ma’am you are so right. The new appliances are not made like they use to make them. I enjoy your videos so much!
Such a good video. My family also had the skill of knowing how to do without. We didn’t have so many things, and yet we all grew up just fine, and healthy. I feel so blessed to have my kitchen gadgets and extra shoes, tv, and microwave….but I know how to do without all of them. It is a skill.
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As the internet meme says:
2020 appliances: Break within 2 years
1970’s refrigerator: I will out live you and everyone you love. I am eternal. I am time itself.
Another thing they were better at was foraging. I remember foraging throughout the year to build my GrandMothers Pantry staples.
Also; while you touched on community, you forgot to mention sewing bees, canning circles, harvesting parties, and, common celebrations where Weddings, Christenings, Funerals, etc. became Community pot-lucks where everyone contributed so celebrations were affordable. Also, when someone had a baby, illness, or passing, the entire Community came together in an outpouring of support with meals, harvesting, everything/anything that needed doing.
When we get back to looking to help our neighbors instead of looking for faults, we'll all come a whole lot closer to what we're searching for in the first place. Surprise. It was always there, we just forgot... "Do onto Other's as You would have them Do Unto You!
Our Great Grandparents did EVERYTHING BETTER than us!!
Thank you for sharing. We need more videos from our parents and grandparents.
They live longer and they where healthier then we are. I have family members /parents they live over 100 and passed away because age not heath problems.. God bless you and your family!!
Looks like my very old sewing kit from decades ago. Was my first also. I have all boys so I never passed that along but as adults they know the basics.
This is an awesome and humbling list. Although technology has made things convenient for us, it has also made us soft and complacent...
This is so true. So many skills have been lost. I got so tired of replacing my boys socks that I took it upon myself a month ago to learn to darn socks. I even kind of enjoy it!
Thanks for sharing. Great message. It’s to bad we can’t go back to simpler days.
That is so strange I have almost the identical sewing box that I got from my grandmother on my wife side and I use it I’ve sold since I was nine or 10 years old I’m 63 now.
I have a stove from 1930's. (O'keefe and Merrit) still working. My mom used it raised 6 children and I raised my 6 on it!
Ur quilt And Ur heart are BEAUTIFULL❣❣THANKU for this Precious vid 🤗💕💛
Great video and so true!
I have a similar sewing kit from my mother!
I sure miss ALL my grandparents, & my momma too. She taught me to cook on a wood cooking stove.
I'm a great grandparents/ grandparents and parents ' daughter. We also " Bartered" with our Farming neighbors.
So true I've been saying this for years so few of us know how to do some basic skills
We have a 1941 General Electric refrigerator it is still working (a J B 6 model !)
My Mom taught me how to embroider at eight, and make baby clothes for my first son ,left me in charge of cooking at nine,,I cannot make bread unless I can feel it, eventually I took up spinning wool for knitting.
I file this in my top ten favorite videos !
I have my grandmothers sewing kit. When my mom passed I gave my daughter her kit.
I used to watch my granddaughter in the summer and she would design clothes for her Barbies. She would always take my scissors. Well I brilliantly decided to tie it to the leg of my sewing table. Wellll - she walked over to the table and cut the string with my scissors and walked away with it. I laughed so hard. Grandma was thinking. At least she only cut fabric.
So true! I just replaced a Sharp Carousel Microwave that was over 30 years old. It actually still works, it just has to take a nap after 12 minutes of running. 😂 Big and clunky but it was awesome!
Oh that’s funny….me too !
Mine was 35 years old and it still ran but would spark when heating certain things so I broke down and bought a new one, the kind that a convection oven too.
Blessings
One other nearly forgotten skill is home butchering and curing meat. My dad had a family sausage recipe that had been passed down from his great grand father, but he died before I was old enough to learn it!
@@joannathesinger770 I hope you can pass what you learned from your grandfather on to your grandchildren. It would be a special gift! Blessings to you and yours!
Great knowledge! Thank you. So true
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Oh, I so wished, I would’ve gotten my granny’s sewing basket!
That is so true about appliances. It drives my nuts. Im 60 and I have things that were my grandparents. If I try to replace things today the only last a year sometimes. Furniture too. Reapolster the old the new breaks .
I keep beating the drum.of skill sets. I amcshocked at how few younger people have. I have my Grandma's sewing kit. I have her old wooden sock darner. I have been sewing knitting and crocheting for years. Hubby apprenticed and then worked as a butcher foe 10 years.
Haha, my mom also threatened us to NEVER use her sowing scissors! Love it!
Love your videos keep up the good work
I just love your you tube series.
I just learned a skill set form you in 11 mins:) thanks by the way
We did not have Dorito's in the 1960's. We did have Coca Cola, we rarely got to have it though.
I remember when my grandfather got his first telephone it was one of the first phone's in town, he complained about it since he had no one else to call. His phone number had three digits. Same thing with his new color tv, everything was still in black and white except the nightly news.
We lived in a house where the wiring was on the outside of the walls, it was common to see wiring running up and across the walls and across the ceiling, there were bare bulbs with a pull string to turn them on.
There was a hand pump sink in the kitchen, the sink was brass. Hand pumps were common. There was a wringer washer on the back porch, we took our baths out there, there was a wood cookstove in the kitchen, we canned our food with it. The back porch is where all the canned food was stored, shelves and shelves of it, it was beautiful to me. Often grampa would shoot a bear, skin it out and cook the whole thing is his smokehouse, gramma would can or put it up as she called it. In preparation for the winter months.
My grandparents raised their children to work hard. Grampa was a logger and had a mill. He fought in WWI AND WWII. He was born at Moses Lake Washington in 1898, he passed in 2003 at 105
My hubby was surprised the first time he saw me sew a button on my coat. It’s not always pretty, but it gets done.
I remember when I was a kid all the neighbours coming over to help my dad build our garage and making food and drinks for them and I played waitress. I remember it being a lot of fun. It’s ad now that most people don’t even know their neighbours.
Oh, Melissa. That quilt is beyond basic sewing. I do basic sewing. Buttons, patches, torn seams or holes. I would love to learn quilting one day. Honestly, for some reason hemming intimidates me. Idk why, but it does. So does the thought of completely sewing clothes from scratch......
Do you have a video how take care Iron pan??
My mom has that same tomato pin cushion! She may still have it!
My mom, who grew up partly during the Great Depression, is a great quilter and seamstress, but I don't have that talent at all! I admire those who do.
Would like to know I really like that canister thing behind you in the kitchen is that old or new?
Old
My greatgrandmother lived into her 90's and was born in 1891. My grandfather grew up eating from his mother's vegetable garden, milk cow, hens. He was born in 1917 and lived to 98 and I believe would have lived longer if it were not for a fall. I'm certain his diet contributed to his longevity. Greatgrandma maintained a huge, impressive vegetable garden even into her old age.