Originally Posted by GGinMcKinney

I gave someone a sewing kit with a seam ripper and offered to show them how to. Turns out suddenly their hubby knew how to make the repairs. Oh, yeah, I also mentioned there is a saying, "Asking a quilter to do mending is like asking Picasso to paint the garage!"
They never asked me to mend again. Did ask me to make tablerunners and offered to pay me. Asked me to teach their child to sew on her new machine and gave me a matching machine after the first lesson. It all worked out. No hurt feelings and I do not mend for them. Hubby does their mending now.