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vintage years

WHEN I was a girl, 70-odd
years ago, it was just part of
growing up in a lady-like
fashion.

One crossed one’s ankles, never
one’s knees. One spoke in modified
tones, avoiding drawing attention to
one's self.

And one improved the shining
hour with embroidery, usually on
items that might be construed as part
of one’s hope-chest.

One of the mothers in our neigh-
bourhood gave regular time to an
hour of instruction in needle-work to
half a dozen of us teenagers. |
attended, of course, carrying my pil-
low-slip and embroidery silks for
reproduction of lazy-daisies, after
the design had been ironed on to the
white cotton. Alas, my lazy-daisies
were too lazy for words — my
french knots unravelled, my roses
wilted even as { stitched, It just
wasn’t my bag.

The lady in charge reluctantly
conceded that it was a waste of time,
hers and mine. Maturity changed
nothing.

At Normal School, where the
Home Economics course required
presentation of a finished garment
before graduation was conceded, I
persuaded my landlady to run up on
her sewing-machine the most basic
pair of underpants you ever saw.

The ploy earned me nothing ~
my teacher saw through me, she
knew I hadn’t the least idea how to
even treadle, Instead she made a
deal with me — if I'd write an essay
about what !'d got out of Home
Economics, she'd pass me. Nice
lady. I thoroughly enjoyed the essay,
free at last of having to pretend |
knew which end of a needle was up.
All these years later I’m still in awe
of nimble fingers that can do you a

Betty

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button-hale or turn a heel ar grapple
with a gusset.

But when women curbrace nee-
dle and thread for the sheer joy and
entertainment they get from it, P01
full of respeet. That's what the ladies
of the North Shore Needle Arts
Guild have been doing for years,
and now they've done this very spe-
cial thing, plotted it, designed it.
given hours of time to perfecting it.

The result is a most delightful
and amusing and affectionate salute
to where we all live. They call it
North Shore Reflections, and the fin-
ished work will be revealed at Lucas
Centre from June 16-18.

It’s really stunning, three tall pan-
els crammed with evidence of their
needle skills, combined with a sense
of humour. The work embraced five

years and the spectacular talents of
90 volunteers, who undertook to
translate Lucilte Little's sketched
concepts into a tapestry celebrating
our North Shore. Ruth Warren was
chair when inspiration struck ind
rejoices in the outcome. This group
is, incidentally, the only Canadian
chapter of the Embroiders Guild of
America (they're proud of that),

When you go to see the panels at
their unveiling you will also see 600
other pieces of needlework from the
hands of the 250 women who make
up this sisterhood. The panels, which
must avoid sunlight, have been
framed and Jinked most profession-
ally by Sui Generis, a fine arts dealet
in the Highlands. The plan is to

See N. Shore page 25

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