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Each Block in Grandma’s Kitchen will be a memory or event. I was outside hanging blocks to do photos, and that inspired this weeks block name….
‘Wash Day’! Did your grandma have a certain ‘day’ to do wash? In my story I tell you the story of my grandma’s and washers… remember I had one modern and one ‘not so modern’ grandma!
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This is our first ’10” finished block’. I have a few photos to show you how I layout everything when sewing to keep it straight.
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It really helps me so I don’t twist & turn pieces by accident
Place the last piece and then follow the sewing order in my pattern
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This does look a lot like a washing machine agitator. I can’t say I remember much about wash day at either of my grandmother’s houses. It was a special occasion to visit them and they didn’t do wash on those days! I think one of my grandmothers did have a wringer washer, I can vaguely picture it in her kitchen as well as a refrigerator with the compressor on the top. I also think it looks a bit like a propeller which reminds me of going out on my grandfather’s boat. That was always a fun day. “Beepa” always had a boat, a cabin cruiser, and we would go out on Long Island Sound. They lived in the Bronx, NYC near the Throgg’s Neck Bridge. My cousins lived next door to them so what I remember is getting to play with my cousins. We had 5 kids and they had 8. Always fun times! My other grandmother (a widow) lived in WestChester Square, also in the Bronx. What I remember most about her house was a toy box on her front enclosed porch, filled with toys from my father’s childhood. We loved playing with those toys! She came to our house a lot, especially to stay with us when my parents went away somewhere. She always caught up on ironing and mending as she hated to sit around and do nothing! (Too bad she wasn’t into quilting!) When all the mending was done and socks were darned (who darns socks any more?) she made these really cute nonslip hangers with two wire hangers and some left over yarn. I have about a dozen of them. We called her “Muddie” not sure why, my father and his sisters always called her Muddie growing up. She lived to be 97 and probably was making those hangers right up to the end.
I to don’t feel well because of weather and breathing. But look around at God’s miracles and thank Him for being so close. He will help you feel better. Singer Sewing Machine Co. had a saying in the early years. Don’t sew until you have your bed made and dishes done.
Comb your hair and put on your makeup. Neat huh. Go into your sewing room or sewing corner and enjoy the beauty you create from these sweet free patterns. Thank you God for Pat Sloan. She wears your smile and shares the talent you gave her.
I also like seeing some other blocks before I start mine.
thank you Sherrie!
Both of my Grandma’s had wringer washers and a clothesline. We had wringer til I was 9 then got an automatic washer. Line drying was our method though. In winter ours hung in the basement. Like Dawn I remember the stick to retrieve the clothes up to the wringer.But like your’s the access was thru the kitchen. Nice days we went out the basement door to the clothes lines. It was good training though. As a new (very financially challenged to say the least) wife our 1st duty station was in Anchorage and I was lucky when the couple next door transferred out to buy their wringer washer. Line drying was a challenge in winter up there! Had clothe lines all my life til about 4 years ago and now feel so lucky to just swap the clothes “over” to the dryer. Of course there is only one in the family now.
My grandma lived 2 houses down from us. Both my grandma and my mom used a wringer washer. Grandma always help mom with the wash (we had a big family of 8). They would use the same water for several loads of clothes. I remember my mom having a long stick that she would use to ‘fish’ the clothes out of the hot water to put through the wringer. Then they would hang the clothes on the clothes line with wooden clothepins and the clothes would flap in the breeze. If the weather was inclement, they would hang they clothes to dry in the basement. I still hang some of my clothes to dry on a sunny summer day! Oh that fresh smell!
I, too remember the wringer washer–and watching my Grandmother and Mom run the clothes through the wringer to get the water out. There were deep tubs and they recycled the sudsy water to wash the the jeans and overalls. I believe the deep tubs did double duty, as my sister and I also got baths in them when we were very small.
I well remember running the clothes through the wringer and then hanging them on the clothes
Ines with the wooden pins. The sheets always smelled so fresh after drying on the line.
This block reminds me of looking down into the tub of my mother’s old Maytag agitating washing machine – the machine that one had to watch not to get their arm caught into the rollers. Those were the days my friend. This block truly is representative of that agitator in the tub. Love it.
as i am in Australia, by the time i get my pattern people have already completed their block and by the time i start to make mine i too get to see some beautiful blocks completed. love this theme, lots of fun and memories of what once was.
I’m behind as usual but I finally got started. I don’t feel well very often but I started cutting out the blocks so when I am up to it I can put them together. I love your stories Pat.
I love living on the west coast. by the time I am looking at my computer, at least one person has posted a completed block! I like to see others interpretations — it gives me inspiration before I start!