A "Sewing Room"

Suburban Chicago, Spring 1972. After the sewing machines moved to the basement, Mom and I spent a lot of time there working on our respective projects. Here, I sew a plaid "culottes" garment that I wore to my eighth-grade field trip to Springfield, Illinois. Gigi sits behind me on the chair: that was one of her favorite resting places.

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Suburban Chicago, Spring 1972. I do a fitting for the dress I wore to my eight-grade graduation. I am wearing a lime-green vest that I knitted.