Sing a song of sewing.

(Original Singer Sewing Machine; from NYPL Digital Gallery)
September is National Sewing Month! How lovely is it that we have such a month? Very lovely indeed, even though I admit that I haven’t done any sewing yet this month. What I did do recently was purchase some dress fabrics and trimmings from the fashion district here in New York and from Philadelphia’s Fabric Row (both great neighborhoods for textile hunters). I plan to create some winter dresses before winter actually arrives. In the meantime, I wanted to honor this month by reporting on one of NYPL’s holdings that intigues me. Around 1960 the Singer Sewing Machine Co. released a series of jingles to promote sewing, the lead title being: Sing a Song of Sewing. The recording is held at NYPL’s Library for the Performing Arts, and I hope to get over and listen to it soon (and will report back!).