Did you ever reach up to make a basket in the driveway and split the seam under your arm? That's happened to all of us.
Tucker's Gramma mended and made clothes for her children and grandchildren when they were little. She taught Tucker to mend a seam and sew on a button by hand.
It's not electric. The power to make the machine sew comes when you pump the treadle, located at the bottom, with your feet. The needle goes up and down, connecting the upper thread with the second thread in the bobbin under the needle.
When I was very young, my mother had a treadle machine. As an elementary school child, I'd sit on an old kitchen chair in front of the machine, check the bobbin to make sure it was wound with thread, put a spool of thread on the spindle at the top of the machine, and guide the thread through the ins and outs of the machine as I made doll clothes. Mother's treadle machine was the same on which my great-grandmother sewed my grandma's baby clothes.
Your family may not have a sewing machine. That's okay. You can still repair a small tear or rip in a seam. All you need is a needle and thread. Here is a link to a video on how to put in a hem, sew on a button, sew a seam, and other types of hand sewing. Copy and paste it into your search engine.
https://www.google.com/search?q=demonstratioin+on+how+to+hand+sew&ei=ns6iYN_eKYzdtQaV0YbIAQ&oq=demonstratioin+on+how+to+hand+sew&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyCAghEBYQHRAeMggIIRAWEB0QHjIICCEQFhAdEB4yCAghEBYQHRAeMggIIRAWEB0QHjIICCEQFhAdEB4yCAghEBYQHRAeMggIIRAWEB0QHjoICAAQ6gIQjwE6CAguEJECEJMCOgUIABCRAjoOCC4QsQMQgwEQxwEQowI6CwguELEDEMcBEKMCOggIABCxAxCDAToFCAAQsQM6BAgjECc6CAguEMcBEKMCOgcILhCxAxBDOgQIABBDOgUILhCxAzoKCAAQsQMQgwEQQzoICC4QxwEQrwE6BwgAELEDEEM6BwgAELEDEAo6CggAELEDEEYQ-QE6AggAOgcIABCxAxANOgQIABANOgYIABAWEB46BggAEA0QHjoICAAQCBANEB46BQgAEIYDUJuSygRY-dzKBGCO4coEaAFwAngAgAHHAogB0x2SAQkxNS4xOC4wLjGYAQCgAQGqAQdnd3Mtd2l6sAEJwAEB&sclient=gws-wiz&ved=0ahUKEwjfpZPqw9HwAhWMbs0KHZWoARkQ4dUDCA4&uact=5#kpvalbx=_LPSiYLT8Jtq4tAbJtI3gDA40
Long, isn't it? Be careful. You might prick your finger with the needle. Little pricks are part of living a full life. If a tiny prick is all it takes to walk around with your skin shining through your torn seam, then you will walk around hanging out for all the world to see for the rest of your life.
I was so excited when I made a little gold satin dress for my doll. You can have fun too.
Be a designer or at least a tailor who repairs a garment. Ask Mom for some fabric from an old shirt. Make something that pleases you. Enjoy life by jumping in and taking care of yourself. You can do it.
Doris
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