Colonial Market Museum:  Seamstress

		My name is Ruth Hopkins. I am a seamstress. I make dresses. The first thing I do is to get the things that I need. The things I get are scissors, needles, ruler, and a cloth. The next thing I do is to measure the cloth, then I have to cut the cloth. Next I have to sew the cloth together to make the dress, make the finishing touches, and you are done. Then I have to go door to door asking if people want to buy it. Hello, my name is Sybil Hopkins. I am a seamstress. When I start to work the first thing I do is get cloth from the market place. The second thing I do is measuring the person who the dress is for. Next, I start to cut the fabric. The fourth thing I do is sewing it. The tools that I use are a needle, some pins, a sewing ring, my hands and fingers, and some scissors. The materials I use are thread and string. Hello! My name is Esther Hopkins. I am a Seamstress. When somebody wants to dress I have to measure him or her. Then I get the fabric. I would say, "What design would you like." They would say their answer. I would do it. The first thing I would do to make the dress is cut the fabric and then gets the thimble so I don't prick my finger. Then I'd add the cotton lace for the trim if they wanted one. I would have to sew everything together by hand. After that I would give it to the person who wants it. They would pay me.

Micki Vieille, Cara Herold, Sandy Bennett
Germantown Academy Third Grade
Ft. Washington, PA 19034

Web site Micki Vieille, 3rd grade technology coordinator, Susan Sarshik, 3rd grade assistant &  Andrea Owens, home page coordinator

Last updated 01/15/2002

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