I sew, I thought everyone learned how when they were kids! I don't bust out with homemade clothes but I could (although admittedly the first few would be fairly bad) But I sew rips and buttons and I generally hem my own pants after someone marks them for me. Isn't anyone else domesticated?
2007-02-02 21:01:17 · 7 answers · asked by BALF is 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
It isn't taught in school anymore. They are too busy telling them about all kinds of sex. Boys and Girls could both do with a little domestication in school.
2007-02-02 21:10:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
My grandmother sat me at her old treadle machine ,and let me "get to it"That was 50 years ago,and today i'd be lost without a sewing machine.The big one came when my daughter married 3 years ago,and I sewed for all the women.However,my sisters don't sew or cook like we were taught.Then too we learned some in school,and by lots of seam ripping.It has been a joy in my life;as well as being a great saving at times.I'm very short one of the first things I was taught-how to shorten hems and sleeves.With even a simple machine-you can customize your whole home.I feel young women miss alot by not being taught even how to sew on a button.
2007-02-03 09:20:56 · answer #2 · answered by annekitchin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that everyone should know how to sew, too. however, since we live in such a materialistic world these days, most people think it's cheaper and easier to just replace ripped things rather than fix them.
i can sew and craft though! my friends love getting homemade gifts from me, and it's so much cheaper than buying them at the store!
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2007-02-03 08:43:09 · answer #3 · answered by kittyluvr0223 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do!I do! I learned to sew at the Original Sewing and Quilting Expo. I am now teaching my daughters. I think everyone should learn.
2007-02-03 06:46:57 · answer #4 · answered by naejplman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of my friends mothers taught me how to sew when I was 9. I recently made a beautiful set of curtains for my daughters room and they only cost $10! It was simple and easy and in less than 2 hours I had pretty purple curtains and cream colored valance!
2007-02-03 05:06:43 · answer #5 · answered by Brandie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I grew up in a house full of seamstresses. I sew. I make my own clothing, and I make Mardi Gras costumes.
2007-02-03 10:15:16 · answer #6 · answered by Cosmic I 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had to learn how to sew when I realized they didn't make halloween costumes in my size. Plus I have a tendency to enjoy medieval/fantasy larps.
2007-02-03 05:04:12 · answer #7 · answered by Zenrage 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋