Tailoring stories

Irina's letter, Rostov No. 1

With the consent of the author, the letter has been shortened and divided into fragments for ease of reading. Photos of sewing works of the author are inserted into the letter.

Thank you!

Hello Vera. I ordered your first book by mail. I ordered more by inertia, since all the others in cutting and sewing, which I bought earlier, did not bring the expected effect.

I have been in the sewing profession for over 20 years. She graduated from an ordinary vocational school with a degree in "tailoring of men's, women's and children's outerwear", that is, a real couturier by profession.

Distributed in the luxury studio of the company "Elegant". We had such a state-owned company in Kryvbas in Soviet times (Note by Olkhovskaya: more precisely, a network of high-class ateliers).

Earned - a penny. And not because she did not know how to sew - the prices were beggarly.

Dear readers and readers!

Starting my writing career, I naively wanted my books to appeal to absolutely everyone: young people and mature women, mothers and their daughters, professionals and beginners. Alas! Did not work out.

If the emphasis was on simplicity, then along with letters about how you like the simplicity of presentation, I received letters scolding me for my primitive approach.

To every girl, a grandmother's chest seems overflowing with unthinkable riches. I also thought she was hiding treasures. But, having matured, I realized that the chest of my old woman is poor and keeps the seals of the suffering and loss experienced ...