I am not a seamstress
02-21-2011, 11:19 AM
#22
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Originally Posted by mmonohon
I always tell people that I do not alter clothes for 2 reasons:
1. I do not have the skill set
2. I do not have the equipment to do it right
I just laugh it off like it is funny and walk away. They never ask twice.
1. I do not have the skill set
2. I do not have the equipment to do it right
I just laugh it off like it is funny and walk away. They never ask twice.
02-21-2011, 02:21 PM
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I don't do alterations either.
I teach sewing in a high school and my poor students are always bringing in stuff from family and relatives for repair or alteration. We have a lesson on "just say no". I hate fixin' stuff, I have a wonderful gal at a local cleaners that does all my fixes for me.
I teach sewing in a high school and my poor students are always bringing in stuff from family and relatives for repair or alteration. We have a lesson on "just say no". I hate fixin' stuff, I have a wonderful gal at a local cleaners that does all my fixes for me.
02-21-2011, 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by lalaland
I don't do alterations either.
I teach sewing in a high school and my poor students are always bringing in stuff from family and relatives for repair or alteration. We have a lesson on "just say no". I hate fixin' stuff, I have a wonderful gal at a local cleaners that does all my fixes for me.
I teach sewing in a high school and my poor students are always bringing in stuff from family and relatives for repair or alteration. We have a lesson on "just say no". I hate fixin' stuff, I have a wonderful gal at a local cleaners that does all my fixes for me.
Rita
02-21-2011, 09:08 PM
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That is really funny.
Originally Posted by cjomomma
I always say I'm a quilter not seamstress. When my clothing does not fit I go buy new ones I don't fix them!! They never ask again. Here is a funny: a friend once asked me to fix a pair of jeans for her DD so I gave her a spool of thread and a needle. I don't know if she did it or not but she never asked again.
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