Sewing at Kinderdijk

On our way to visit some family in the Netherlands, we stopped at Kinderdijk. Nineteen windmills are preserved there and some are still in use.



One of the windmills was set up as it would have looked in the 1740s when it was first built. Next to the bed in the box, which was done for warmth, was an old sewing machine.

I'm pretty sure it's not from the 1700s, but it was cool to see and imagine the woman who lived there using it to sew for her family. She'd make clothes and maybe quilts to keep them warm, all looking out at this view.

I don't know about sleeping in that little bed, but I wouldn't mind sewing for a couple hours watching these windmills.