Gum interrupts a stitch in time

Singer sewing machine

It was an old Singer sewing machine, with the pedals that I could barely reach, sitting down and stretching my legs.  But I was determined to sew a skirt, as it just took too long to do one by hand, as the Girl Scout instructor said was an option.

My male cousin, 10 years old as well and much shorter than me, was quite the clown, putting wads of chewing gum under both pedals while I was in the outhouse doing personal business awhile.  I was not able to figure out why the pedals would not work until my Mother came home and saw the gum.

The skirt was not finished as fast as I had hoped, as my Aunt and Uncle had to look at the evidence too, as my cousin's punishment was to get off the gum and forfeit one week's allowance.

It got quite a laugh at the time, although it was some time before I worked on the sewing machine after that.

Carol