Lost Without the River by Barbara Hoffbeck Scoblic

Author:Barbara Hoffbeck Scoblic
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: She Writes Press
Published: 2019-05-05T16:00:00+00:00

THE WHITE DRESS

My sister Helen made the dress Dorothy wore to heaven. Taking an old dress of Dorothy’s, she opened up all the seams and used the pieces as a pattern. After supper, while I was helping Mother wash the dishes, she took the tablecloth and the protective pads off the dining room table and laid out the shining cotton that she had bought at Penney’s in Ortonville.

All that evening, she cut and pressed and sewed. By morning, only the hem was left to be done. The sleeves were long, with three pearl buttons on each cuff. The small, round collar was trimmed with white lace, and, down the front, rows of more flowery lace made a tiny garden of white.

Helen made a long sash. Bob and I stood there, watching her push the needle in and out. Bob asked her why she worked so hard to make the edges perfect. No one would see the sash, anyway.

Helen stopped sewing and very slowly put the needle with the thread still attached to it under a few strands on the spool. She didn’t answer Bob, didn’t even look at him. She stood and tenderly smoothed the folds of the dress. She then held out each end of the sash away from her to make sure they matched perfectly.

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