Eleanor McKee
Eleanor McKee is a columnist for The Mirror.
Recent stories
- Aunt Norie’s Sewing Room
- December 24, 2012
- To all my faithful readers, this will be my last column in The Mirror.
- Aunt Norie’s Sewing Room
- December 18, 2012
- Since we were on shoulders last week, let’s continue with some shoulder hints and helps. If your shoulders don’t fit and feel right, then the whole garment is just not comfortable.
- Aunt Norie’s Sewing Room
- December 11, 2012
- Marge said of her beautiful, new, very expensive sweater, “This is the very first time I’ve washed it, and look, it is ruined.”
- Aunt Norie’s Sewing Room
- December 4, 2012
- My Christmas tree is full of old and very precious, hand-made decorations, most of them very dear ones made by my children as they grew up. Most of them are, of course, dated, then some have been made by my grandchildren.
- Aunt Norie’s Sewing Room
- November 27, 2012
- One of the tough, old building blocks of this good old, U. S. of A. is “when the going gets tough, the tough get going.” They find a way; they just do it. Now that budgets are getting tighter and tighter, sewing machines are getting limbered up, patches are being sewn on stressed seams being re-stitched.
- Aunt Norie’s Sewing Room
- November 13, 2012
- Belts, like anything else fashion-wise, come and go. That handy little belt-making kit, however, can now be hard to find. True, the kit is still on the market, but it just used to be found in several widths, with different buckle choices, on all notion displays. Now, that’s not always so.
- Aunt Norie’s Sewing Room
- November 6, 2012
- I recently overheard a lively discussion of patterns between a mother and daughter in the fabric shop.
- Aunt Norie’s Sewing Room
- October 30, 2012
- God gives us so many gifts. If we’d take just a few minutes to realize it, our world and our lives are full to overflowing.
- Aunt Norie’s Sewing Room
- October 23, 2012
- This little lad, I think he has the real answer. After a weekend with grandma and granddad, he wanted mom and dad to kneel with him for a very special prayer. They said they couldn’t totally control the tears when they heard his words: “Please God don’t ever stop making grandmas and granddads.”
- Aunt Norie’s Sewing Room
- October 16, 2012
- Isn’t it about time to just treat yourself, go shopping or, better yet, just browsing? Go down the gadget rows in your favorite fabric shop, maybe. They have a self-threading needle now. I haven’t actually seen one, but I did see a picture of one and it looks rather cumbersome. This was in one of those little catalogs we get in the mail.
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Point of View
What’s the best way to spend a snow day?
Shovel your driveway and paths, check neighbors’ driveways and then grab all your closest little ones and find the biggest sledding hill. Snowmen also are a must. Snow days are a great time to catch up on missed shows and much-needed rest. I love snowdays, they haven’t changed one bit even as an adult, although I am sure not all working adults can say that, but I am happy I can. I was excited to see the snowmen and other snow sculptures throughout the Lawrence and Kansas City metro areas.
