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    Old 07-11-2010, 10:58 AM
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    I wish mine would learn to cut! He could do all the cutting and I could just happily sew.

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    Good deal, at least your dh might understand our love of fabric...mine doesn't get it at ALL.
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    Old 07-11-2010, 11:16 AM
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    I taught my hubby how to use the computer and he always wants to get on it when I'm on...... so I don't think I will let him learn to use my sewing machine... I would never get to use it... LOL
    As for the bobbin, tell hubby that IS part of sewing. Have him do it while you are watching. I'll be he can do it, just doesn't want to... isn't that how they are. LOVE em, but they sure can be frustrating too
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    Old 07-11-2010, 11:37 AM
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    Originally Posted by CoriAmD
    I'll be he can do it, just doesn't want to... isn't that how they are. LOVE em, but they sure can be frustrating too
    I believe it is how they are, and i believe it applies to folding laundry, scrubbing floors, scrubbing toilets (or virtually anything other than car tires), cleaning showers, putting away storage containers and travel mugs *with* their lids, setting the table properly, cooking, asking for directions...
    i'd better stop. the list is getting too long :-D :-D
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    Old 07-12-2010, 07:29 AM
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    Buy him a Sidewinder, several packages of bobbins and one of those bobbin keepers. Either the little round ring or the stacking kind.

    Do the two of you fish? Does he bait your hook? If so, continue to put the bobbin in for him. If he made you learn to bait your own hook then make him learn to put a bobbin in. HOWEVER, if he has very large fingers putting a bobbin in could be quite difficult. Especially if he did or does a laborous job and his fingers are calloused.

    Then again, maybe he just likes you being close and likes the attention he gets by having you do it. Or maybe, like mine, he just likes to be aggravating. :lol: :lol:
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    Originally Posted by raptureready
    Buy him a Sidewinder, several packages of bobbins and one of those bobbin keepers. Either the little round ring or the stacking kind.

    Do the two of you fish? Does he bait your hook? If so, continue to put the bobbin in for him. If he made you learn to bait your own hook then make him learn to put a bobbin in. HOWEVER, if he has very large fingers putting a bobbin in could be quite difficult. Especially if he did or does a laborous job and his fingers are calloused.

    Then again, maybe he just likes you being close and likes the attention he gets by having you do it. Or maybe, like mine, he just likes to be aggravating. :lol: :lol:

    i totally love this idea, and totally agree!!!

    as for large fingers, if that should be the problem, long tweezers will do the trick. let us know how it goes!! :-D
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    Old 07-12-2010, 09:11 AM
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    Originally Posted by raptureready
    Buy him a Sidewinder, several packages of bobbins and one of those bobbin keepers. Either the little round ring or the stacking kind.

    Do the two of you fish? Does he bait your hook? If so, continue to put the bobbin in for him. If he made you learn to bait your own hook then make him learn to put a bobbin in. HOWEVER, if he has very large fingers putting a bobbin in could be quite difficult. Especially if he did or does a laborous job and his fingers are calloused.

    Then again, maybe he just likes you being close and likes the attention he gets by having you do it. Or maybe, like mine, he just likes to be aggravating. :lol: :lol:
    Actually I come from a fishing family and I wouldn't dare let anybody bait my hook for me. Unfortunately my DH is just a stubborn hard headed man and until he gets ready to learn, I'm afraid he won't. I tried filling several bobbins and just showing him how to put them in but he says No. I want you to put them in.
    Yes, I will post a picture. Just haven't had time yet.
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    Old 07-12-2010, 09:22 AM
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    Originally Posted by #1piecemaker
    A few months ago, I finally taught my DH how to use my sewing machine. At first he was afraid of it. Didn't want to sew his finger. I did have him marking and cutting for me before but the house was becoming over run with 2 1/2 inch blocks. He decided that HE needed to "do something with them". So he learned how to sew. He is working on his 10th King size quilt top. The only thing is, he refuses to learn how to fill a bobbin or put it in. Now, he keeps me busy threading his machine. :roll: How can I get him to learn to fill his on bobbin????
    Buy him prewound.
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    Old 07-12-2010, 09:26 AM
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    Send him for classes, lol. I would not like sharing my machine and I think if he had his own with a MANUAL (men are really good at figuring things out and it would be his own machine) he would learn to fill bobbins, clean it, etc.
    Maybe a nice birthday gift or Christmas present?
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    Old 07-12-2010, 11:39 AM
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    Originally Posted by littlehud
    I know just what you mean. My DS loves to sew. He does a nice job too. But I have the thread his machine and wind the bobbin. It just intimidates him.
    Totally off subject - where are you all getting your signature logos? I'd love one!
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    Old 07-12-2010, 01:03 PM
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    Just do it and look at it as something you can do together.

    I think I would like it if my husband would try it, at least we'd have something in common besides our dd. Right now the only thing that he would want to do together would be to fly RC planes. To me that's about as boring as can be. I'd rather sit in a field and listen to the corn grow.
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