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Posted by Samatha Hill -- take out TRASH on August 9, 2009, 12:54 pm
larisavann@comcast.net wrote:
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> Daughter is almost 6, son is 9.5 and both keep begging me to teach
> them how to sew. I figure simple tucks in knit pants should be okay
> for both of them (both have already done practice hand sewing).
My youngest made his first garment at age 4. The older ones were more
like 6 when they did. They are old enough provided you give them ample
supervision.
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Posted by BEI Design on August 10, 2009, 7:58 pm
Ursula Schrader wrote:
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> "BEI Design" wrote...
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> > A major
> > regret of mine is that I was not able to impart my joy
> > of sewing to either of my DDs, and that was my fault.
> Oh, I know exactly what you mean, unfortunately from the
> receiving end. My dad is - apart from having been a
> schoolteacher - an artist. He sculpts, draws, well, all
> these things, and although all three of his children
> inherited his considerable talent, none of us has chosen
> arts as a carreer option. Why? Because nothing we'd draw
> as children was good enough.
Sadly, I'm sure that's how my children remember my sewing
lessons. Instead of allowing the small errors to pass, and
work on it "next time", I tended to require un-picking and
re-sewing. After a few of those, neither was interested
anymore.
And yet,... I was taught by my perfectionist (professional
sewist) mother. She insisted on quality work, and in spite
of many hours of frustration and doing over, I learned to
sew (well) and to LOVE to sew. My sister, on the other hand,
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loathed it, and does not sew to this day. <shrug>
--
Beverly
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Posted by Kate XXXXXX on August 8, 2009, 6:21 pm
off kilter quilter @somewherequiet.net wrote:
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> Ok, so I have the patchwork jacket nearly finished and ready for entry
> to the local fair (drop off day for judging is Tuesday 8-11am!!!), and
> the apron is just about finished as well. Then there are the
> alterations that need to be made on the clothing that I actually
> bought for the children - mainly taking in "butt tucks" for my rather
> thin daughter. My son, bless his heart, has finally gotten over 50
> pounds and has decided that adjustable waist pants aren't evil,
> especially when they are camo cargo pants...lol.
>
> Here's where the added stress comes in....while away on vacation, I
> had a request for a custom order through my Etsy store! Well, yay!
> But when I'm supposed to fit this job in while trying to finish fair
> entries and fix clothing for the children (school starts on the 18th),
> is beyond me. Of course, hubby said he would help if he could, but he
> hasn't sewn anything, even mending, since leaving the Navy.
>
> Oh, and did I mention that I've been asked to do a brief chat on
> emergency clothing repair aka repairs on the go. I'm only going to
> speak for about 10 minutes, and really the focus is going to be on
> what I did when I was in college full time and working full
> time...double-sided tape and safety pins were the basics, but I also
> carried clip earrings or dressy post earrings for when buttons
> vanished....and the head craft lady also asked me to teach them how to
> make tea cup pin cushions!!! In this area, I'm a little ahead because
> I already have 2 samples made up. However, I am taking my entire tote
> of quilting cottons and have cut up 5 templates for them to use. Then
> I had to grab a bunch of needles, threads, buttons, embroidery
> floss....hopefully the other lady remembered to pick up the fiber-fill
> for the stuffing.
>
> Man, it's nice to be needed, but does everyone need me at the same
> dang time???
>
> Larisa
Twas ever thus... ;)
But you sound cheerful rather than stressed to the bone, so chin up at
get to it! It'll be manic while it lasts, but shedloads of fun.
--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!
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> them how to sew. I figure simple tucks in knit pants should be okay
> for both of them (both have already done practice hand sewing).