My brother and I always did homework at the dining room table. We used it for board games too and my mother and I used our big table for cutting out the clothes we sewed. It was our "family room". This photo shows the evolution of a dining room that became a library. via
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Ah, yes. What would families do without a dining room table on which to do all the daily activities?
And....gift wrapping, sewing, afternoon tea, etc. Love it!
Oh yes, always laid out fabric yardage on our dining table [which looked remarkably like the one in the pic] for laying, pinning and cutting pattern pieces. But don't forget that little gizmo from Dritz, it had a handle and a serrated wheel to run over the darts for marking. That pronged wheel went straight through the thicknesses of fabric, pattern, carbon paper right INTO the wood! We had dart markings all over our beautiful mahogany dining table! Lovely memory, thank you....
The Hunring House -- Oh yes, the infamous Tracing Wheel. I still have mine and tracing paper too though I haven't used it since the 1970s. I graduated to a Tack It device that marked the circles on the dart pattern. It looks like a big stapler with a blunt metal end to transfer the circles via the tracing paper. I still have that too. My sewing notions and supplies were among my most kept and treasured items. I could start a sewing museum. Luckily, our dining table had pads so our table had no dart markings. I love the story of yours.
xo, Rosemary
Betty -- Yes. Gift wrapping for sure. And board games as well as cards. I can't remember that we ever had any filing cabinets and our buffet was always filled with papers lying in wait for tax time. Our dining room was our family room.
xo, Rosemary
Linda Sand -- A big dining room table is so inviting for so many things other than dining, isn't it??
xo, Rosemary
Oh the circles on the dotted dart line, I'd fully forgotten them, I can see them now! I love nostalgia around the domestic arts, thank you Rosemary for throwing me into the deep end! xo
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