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Seeing this old pattern in the gif reminded me of when my mother used to use patterns like this, fabric, thread, scissors and a sewing machine to make her own clothing. This was back in the late 60s/early 70s. I'm sure it was cheaper at the time than buying new clothes. This is just one more example of a domestic skill that's fallen by the wayside. Did anyone else's mother (or any other family member) know how to sew? Did you ever learn to sew or knit? I gather it was a standard skill to have 100 years ago, but at some point - probably around the early 80s - clothing made by third world labor just became that much cheaper and it no longer made sense to toil at a sewing machine for days to make an article of clothing that could be manufactured in Bangladesh for 80 cents an hour.
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