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We had a job ~ but we DID it!

Welcome to the HMM Blog

I wanted our first blog entry to really encourage all of our members and
anyone else interested in what we are doing and why we are here. So.I
thought I’d share a little bit with you about why I’m here and writing
lessons!

Growing up my mother taught me so many things, yet she couldn’t teach me
everything. She was wise enough to know if she taught me the basics, I
could teach myself and forge forward on my own if I was so inclined.

Mother taught me to sew on the sewing machine and taught me my first
embroidery stitches. She also gave me the basics of cooking and baking,
gardening, cleaning, laundry and then turned her kitchen and her home over
to me whenever I wanted to cook or bake or pretend to be grown up and be
the homemaker. Because she was so free about allowing me to practice these
skills at home and I had her at my fingertips if something went wrong, I
was able to learn many things she knew would best come from trial and
error.

When I was 11 years old I made my first quilt. Mother had never made a
quilt before but between us we had the basic idea of what to do. I used
babysitting money I had saved up to purchase 4 yards of five different
calico fabrics that I liked. Little did I know that was enough fabric to
make at least 4 large quilts! Since mother only knew how to ‘cover’ old
wool blankets with calico fabric to help them last longer, we used a wool
blanket instead of quilt batting. And since mother was so busy at the time
and I was too eager to wait for her, I measured my bed and started on my
quilt. It was a simple quilt with six inch square blocks in diagonal rows,
but it was pretty and I was ecstatic!

Until I laid it on my bed and realized I had measured the TOP dimensions
of my bed without taking into consideration the overhang needed to fit the
whole bed and not just the flat top of the bed. Still, I was proud of my
endeavors enough to attempt another quilt - a very large quilt for my
parent’s bed!

This little story is just to show you that although I had time as a child
to learn as I went and if I made mistakes it was much easier to live with
them; there are many very busy wives and mothers out there who want to
learn new homemaking skills and could learn much quicker with simple
lessons that lay everything out in step-by-step directions.

This is why Martha and I have joined together to form The Homemaker’s
Mentor.to hold your hand while you learn new skills, to write out simple
lessons that walk you through each step so you aren’t stumbling along the
way and to provide a private forum where you can ask questions and members
can encourage each other and share stories.

Wherever you are on your path as a homemaker - you’ll never be alone with
The Homemaker’s Mentor.

Rebekah