Who does not have a grandmother who sews¿?

Nowadays there are very few people who work as seamstress because now we can buy all the clothes in the shops where there are a lot of variety of styles.

Before, when our grandmothers were small or adolescent, there weren’t a lot of shops and variety, there were only boutiques in the city centre and only the people who were rich could buy the clothes. The others that belonged to lower classes had to sew their clothes. So before the profession of seamstress in one house was essential and on the whole the girls knew how to sew. Afterwards they opened more shops and the clothes were very expensive because the clothes were sewn by hand.

Now the industry has developed a lot, and that has to do with the change in the abilities of girls. There are a lot of shops and different styles and the women don’t waste time sewing. So there are a lot of people that nowadays don’t know to sew. Besides a lot of clothes shops would have to close their shops because the industry makes good clothes and moreover its cheaper.

But the question is: What would happen if you wanted to make a dress by hand or to alter your dress?? You have two options: go to seamstress and she sews your dress or to go to buy another dress. The first option now it not usual because the seamstress is very expensive because she spends a lot of time (labor). So I answer myself who doesn’t have a grandmother seamstress. We are the chance that the generation plus older who know how to sew because if we want to alter your dress or skirt your grandmother can do it. And it is important that in Carnival to have a grandmother who knows to sew - it’s wonderful.

In this photo I show my grandmother who is a good seamstress!!