The way things were...  

Posted by Patricia Cecilia

I'd disagree with the lipstick as it might get on one's sewing:
Advice from an old Singer sewing machine manual

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Speaking of hats and veils (with cheerfulness, not a polemic!)  

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My friend M and I are both well-known 'as hat ladies' in public, and veiling/covering in church is just a deep-felt joy and 'right' for both of us--no polemic or judgment here, just a sharing!  I wish I had a picture of the sweet little girls with veils in our parish, but I'm pretty reticent about taking pictures at Mass.

Yesterday one of our parish's choir members asked me why I veil instead of keeping my hat on, like my friend M.  My answer: "Because singing in a hat always makes me feel like I'm singing in opera and that just feels WRONG for Mass.  And besides, the last time we both wore a hat into the church at the same time, Father teased us that M's hat was so big it had its own weather system--and that THAT was my fault because I brought her to the parish!"

My friend M's hat that occasioned the 'weather system of its own' comment:


 M is at the far right and you can only see perhaps 2/3 of the hat on top of her Gibson-girl hair-do; I'm on the left. (We would both agree that the most important part of the picture is the Blessed Sacrament in the monstrance, and the picture shows It perfectly.)

 My friend M's `blogpost about her first foray into millinery

 This is hilarious for anyone who can't just 'follow a pattern' in needlework or sewing or millinery because we just 'see things differently' and can't stop asking, "What if I did this....?"  She has become so proficient I think she should go into business!

And chapel veils for those with exceedingly long hair

 M's confirmation with me as sponsor; I made the veils.  (I'm thinking of offering my veils and rosaries for sale; haven't really totally thought through it all the way yet.)

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