Stitched stories

There is a proverb that says:"The one who stitches and then undoes will keep busy all winter long".
One can meet this kind of fragile memories at the Old Lace and Embroidery exhibition at the Peasant's Museum these days. You might feel like exploring grandmother's hope chest. Think of how complicated a stitch can be to be called "chicken skin with a crossed stitch"!

There are more kinds of objects besides lace and embroidered things: chests, small hardware, table cloths, old cupboards and small furniture, old books on handiwork, old embroidery patterns collections, clothes, thread boxes, small things that someone gave a sentimental value and time added his own, because most are from the 19th century.

The exhibits are shown as if trying to recreate the atmosphere and a certain aspect of the life of people all over the country, even from Bessarabia or the disappeared island of Ada Kaleh. Old stories written on delicate things by hands that are long gone.

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Despite what the poster says, it's still open. Maybe I'll see it. Sounds nice, does it not? A calm moment before the new schoolyear and the news it's supposed to bring, as we are promissed for now: fewer jobs, smaller salaries and possibly two weeks without pay, in order to save the money. Let's learn how to sew, it might come handy!