Did you learn to sew in Home Ec?
08-29-2011, 03:15 PM
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I learned to sew in Jr. High.....now they call it middle school. I made most of my clothes through out high school and did alterations for college classmates and dorm mates....gave me the extra spending money. Of course that was when the hem lines were going up! It seems to me that sewing and cooking classes aren't offered much any more in schools. I signed up for my first quilting class about 15 years ago and couldn't wait for the class to start so I had my friend help me do a log cabin Christmas tree wall hanging.
08-29-2011, 03:17 PM
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Yes, in HS, but that was YEARS ago LOL Do they even still teach "Home Ec"? I never sewed much after that at all. I just started the last year getting interested in sewing/quilting. I need to probably take a class in both.
08-29-2011, 03:18 PM
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yes i learned to sew in high school. we went to jr high at the high school it started 7th through 12th. I had home economics and loved cooking and sewing. I made a yellow dress that buttoned down the front with a gathered waste. Got a b+.. Not bad for a first project.. somethings we just never forget.
08-29-2011, 03:22 PM
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no, I already knew how by the time I got to home ec. I watched my mom cut out patterns and such, she passed away young when I was a kid. Lucky me, that I could pick that up by just watching her, and years later retain it like I did.
That also went for cooking,baking. Just took after my mom. I think she would be proud.
That also went for cooking,baking. Just took after my mom. I think she would be proud.
08-29-2011, 03:23 PM
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Yep - Jr High. Made clothes for myself and my little sisters for years. Made my own holiday dresses, new years eve formals, graduation dress, etc.
Talking about the hemlines going up and up.....I had a boyfriend whose mother worked in a dry cleaners at one point during that time. I had made myself an empire waist, dark blue or purple velvet dress for Christmas and took it to her to press it for me. It had those puffy sleeves that had elastic at the cuff. When I picked it up, she said that was the first time she had ever pressed a dress that had sleeves longer than the dress! lol
Carol B
Talking about the hemlines going up and up.....I had a boyfriend whose mother worked in a dry cleaners at one point during that time. I had made myself an empire waist, dark blue or purple velvet dress for Christmas and took it to her to press it for me. It had those puffy sleeves that had elastic at the cuff. When I picked it up, she said that was the first time she had ever pressed a dress that had sleeves longer than the dress! lol
Carol B
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