Mother learned to tailor when she was forty.

Dadada, dadada, I'm standing among rows of sewing machines in a clothing factory. This voice brought my thoughts back to 1992. I seem to see my mother sitting in front of the sewing machine, stepping on the pedal and sewing clothes one by one.

"Oh, what can I do? The four sleeves are upside down, and this is still a lined jacket. " ? I looked up and saw my mother, her hands clutching clothes were shaking, her temples were gray, and her wrinkled eyes were full of tears. That's the first suit made by my mother after she opened this tailor's shop.

I was in grade one that year, and my mother and I often stayed up late together, and I didn't know who was with whom. I put down my pen and said, "Don't worry, Mom, I'll open it for you and I'll do it again."

"It will be very troublesome to disassemble such dense stitches. This material is very valuable. Hey, mom is really senile. You hurry to learn, I will do it myself. "

That year, my mother was not old enough. She just turned 40, as old as I am now. My mother just graduated from primary school, and she was poor from a small family and didn't go to school much. I admire her very much. She began to learn tailoring at the age of 40, and she can open a tailor shop to make clothes for others in half a year.

In the eighties and nineties of last century, most of our clothes, especially pants, were made of our own fabrics and made to measure. There are several tailor shops in our mine, and the business is very good.

One day, my mother found out that a tailor shop was looking for an apprentice, so she went. When I came back, my mother happily announced to us that she was going to learn to be a tailor, and the shopkeeper didn't think she was old and slow.

Since then, I have seen my mother go out early and come back late every day to help with her studies in the tailor's shop. Every night, when I stay up studying, my mother reads sewing books, and sometimes draws pictures on the back with our old notebooks. Sometimes, I feel curious and go to see it. My mother told me: this is the front and back of pants, and this is the sleeve of shirt. These clothing samples look like engineers' drawings.

Sometimes, when I fall asleep, my mother is still drawing with a candle, sighing while drawing: "How did this happen?" Why can't I figure out what Sleeve Mountain is? "Although I don't say it, I admire my mother in my heart. She often says, "You must study hard. It is difficult to draw a model of mother's primary school culture. "

After studying in the tailor's shop for several months, she studied hard and studied hard, and finally she could make clothes for our brother and sister. I remember very clearly that cropped trousers were popular that summer. My mother bought a piece of cloth with orange dots on a white background and made me a pair of beautiful trousers. I think my mother is really something.

Zhongshan suit was popular at that time, with four pockets with lids. In addition, the shape of the collar is exquisite, so the work is the most complicated, and it should be Mount Everest in the tailor's eyes.

Mother bought some cheap fabrics to make a tunic suit for her father, in order to practice her hands. According to the book and her study notes, my mother drew a clip art on the cloth with drawing powder. The first time I tried, the Chinese tunic suit made by my mother actually succeeded. "I just feel a little silly, as if something is missing." Obviously, mom is not satisfied with her work, so people who make clothes for others will certainly not be satisfied.

Later, my mother studied with her neighbor's aunt's relatives for half a month. Slowly, she finally mastered the tailor's craft and the tailor's shop opened.

A very modern neighbor aunt is the first customer of the tailor's shop. She wants a green flared skirt, and the fabric is quite expensive. My mother is very nervous. The first time she received money from others to make clothes, she had to do it well. As a result, the more she tried to do them well, the more things went wrong. She miscalculated her hip circumference. As a result, the skirt was too fat and didn't fit. My mother lost her money without saying anything.

At that time, ten dollars and twenty dollars were very valuable, and my mother was very sad that day. I heard her ask my dad, "am I made of this material?" I can't continue to do it for others. " But if I don't do it, it will cost a lot of money to learn tailoring. What a pity. "

Later, after several failures, my mother gritted her teeth and persisted. The click of my sewing machine has been with my brother and sister for many years.

Gradually, my mother became a famous tailor in our mine, and many people came here to find her to make clothes. The tunic suit she made is particularly stylish, and the pants are well designed and comfortable to wear. I remember radish pants were popular among boys at that time, and half of the boys' pants in our class were made by my mother.

In those years when I was a tailor, my mother was much older. Every day, she either lies on the sewing machine or cuts and irons the table. Especially during the Chinese New Year, there are a lot of clothes to be made, and people should not be delayed to wear them during the Chinese New Year. She often stays up until one or two o'clock in the evening, and the sound of dadada often accompanies me to sleep.

"Manager Zhao, are we qualified to sew the hem like this?" The speaker is director Li of the sewing workshop of this clothing factory. His words pulled me out of my memory. After graduating from college, I took over my mother's business and went into the garment export industry by mistake.

When I first entered the business, my predecessors took me to study in the factory. I saw that all kinds of fabrics, sewing machines, clothing samples, painting powder and irons in the clothing factory were inexplicably in love, all of which were influenced by my mother.

Dadada, dadada, the sound is in my ear. My mother taught me not to give up and that it is never too late to start.

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