Sepia Saturday: Grandma in her bathing suit

[dee_burris]

This one has got to be one of my favorites...

I understand my grandmother made her suit herself.

She was always good with a needle.

Look at her monogram...


Doris Geneva Balding, early 1920s


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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

It's all about the pose. She could sew it because they were made out of cotton - very water absorbent and increased in weight ten fold! Fine for the beach as long as you didn't go in the water very far. I think I like this better than the skimpy suit my teenage granddaughter wears.

Margel

[dee_burris]

She was a hoot!

[https://me.yahoo.com/claimingkin#ccd38]

Happy New Year to you and yours Dee! Your grandmother was not only beautiful, but I see she had (as the kids say) 'mad skills" when it came to needle and thread. I love her pose and carefree smile. She is truly basking in the sunlight. Great photo indeed!

[dee_burris]

Thank you, Liv.

Bob Scotney

[(Anonymous)]

My grandmas never looked like that. Grrat photo, Dee.

Re: Bob Scotney

[dee_burris]

I wish I knew who snapped it.

I still miss her.

Re: Bob Scotney

[(Anonymous)]

She is beautiful, and she looks so happy!

Kathy M.
Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy

Grandma's photo

[(Anonymous)]

Your Grandmother was gorgeous and apparently very talented. The monogram looks very "today" or maybe that was an art deco kind of graphic? I love her attitude.

[(Anonymous)]

Love this! She looks so cute! I am curious about what she is holding in her hand.

[dee_burris]

I understood it was a knit cap. One she liked, but not suitable for taking into the water.

[rootsnleaves.blogspot.com]

A cutie, she was. Great stockings too.

[(Anonymous)]

What a great photo! Your grandmother was so pretty, and quite the seamstress too.

From Alan Burnett

[(Anonymous)]

It is a fabulous photograph. That look, that expression - it is full to the brim with life.

[(Anonymous)]

Wow, what a seamstress she was! This is a great photo too! Karen S. from twincitiesblather@blogspot.com (21 Wits)

Stunning suit

[(Anonymous)]

I love the old bathing suits. Back when they really were for taking dips and not swimming. I wonder if this suit, like so many, was made from wool. I've never been able to wrap my head around swimming in wool.

--Tattered and Lost

[hangingonmyword.blogspot.com]

Dee I thought I'd commented but perhaps not, unless it was anonymously! Sorry. Anyway I enjoyed this picture of your grandma in her swimsuit.

Stockings

[acadianeire.blogspot.com]

I'm fascinated by the idea of wearing knee-high stockings with a swimsuit.
This is a fantastic photo! What a great pose too.

granny

[ticklebear4u.com]

Never saw mine in a bathing suit,
but yours did it flawlessly.
:)
HUGZ