Recently the winter blahs must have caught me.  I looked into my closet and saw a sea of black, punctuated by the occasional brown or drab olive.  Having wrestled with grief since my oldest son's death nearly two years ago, some kind of break seemed imminent. 

This article was written by Suzanne Sickler Ohl, an early member of the Tyrone Area Historical Society.  It was first published in November 1992.             Even after clothing became available in town and country stores, women made it in the home.  Home dressmakers were common.  They would stay in the home for several days or a week and make the clothes for the family for the season.  They also made bed linens, towels, and scarves from the muslim or linen fabrics bought by the bolt.