I was so sad...
05-18-2012, 11:47 AM
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My DIL has no clue what a sewing machine is or an oven unless micro is in its name.So I can't wait til they all move here so I can show my 3 GDs how to sew and have someone to bake for again.My son use to use the sewing machine and bake cookies and cakes from scratch
05-18-2012, 12:53 PM
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Oh this is sad... I taught myself to read music by following along with the hymnal. How many other children have done this? and how many will miss the opportunity? What a shame they have assumed people aren't smart enough to read music.
05-18-2012, 01:17 PM
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What wonderful stories you have all told! I was certainly not expecting a response like this to my little rant. Hopefully those of us who learned creative arts from our parents and grandparents will continue to find oppportunities to pass those skills forward to the next generations. Me, I am going to try to find other outlets where I can pass these skills along. Thanks everyone for the inspiration!!
Laura
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05-18-2012, 02:43 PM
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Bless the Moms, Dads, Grandmoms, and Teachers that share sewing! I took Home-Ec, back in the day when that was a course. I attempted to sew some bib overhauls (in style back in the 70s). I tried to use my mom's Singer and had nothing but problems, gave up on sewing until 30+ years later. My mom made us some stuffed critters and some elastic band pants but didn't know enough to teach me anything about it. I don't think she really wanted me to use the machine.
05-18-2012, 03:32 PM
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I was so sad...
When I was a Boy Scout leader, one of the first things I did with the troop was teach the boys how to sew their merit badges onto their sashes. Many had no clue how to thread a needle, let alone sew with it. By the time I was finished with them, they were able to sew on their merit badges, lost buttons and some could even hem their trousers! I had many a Mom thank me...especially the Moms of boys who went on to Eagle Scout. Scouts must earn 22 merit badges which equals a lot of sewing! :-)
05-18-2012, 03:50 PM
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Reminds me of Girl Scout Troop I was able to visit. Mom could not afford Girl Scouts but we were in a program for poor kids to take part.
When I was a Boy Scout leader, one of the first things I did with the troop was teach the boys how to sew their merit badges onto their sashes. Many had no clue how to thread a needle, let alone sew with it. By the time I was finished with them, they were able to sew on their merit badges, lost buttons and some could even hem their trousers! I had many a Mom thank me...especially the Moms of boys who went on to Eagle Scout. Scouts must earn 22 merit badges which equals a lot of sewing! :-)
05-18-2012, 05:23 PM
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My DIL has no clue what a sewing machine is or an oven unless micro is in its name.So I can't wait til they all move here so I can show my 3 GDs how to sew and have someone to bake for again.My son use to use the sewing machine and bake cookies and cakes from scratch
05-18-2012, 05:24 PM
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How many kids out there have never seen wall (or desk) phones with cords? Pay phones? Vinyl record albums, 45's, cassette tapes? VCR tapes? Typewriters? To think we think cell phones, CD's and DVDs and laptops are "newfangled" inventions, they are the only technology the kids know! I guess I'm getting old...hehehe...my DH would probably agree with me, but then again he IS 5 years younger than I am, so he'll never quite catch up to me. [I'm 56.5 years young on a good day and 113 years old on a bad day!] Ah well...just think how many changes we've seen in our lifetime and think of how many the kids of today will see in theirs. Makes you stop and think, doesn't it?
05-18-2012, 05:36 PM
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I work with preschoolers and for Mother's Day this year I thought it would be fun learning experience if they got to use a sewing machine to sew a pillow for their moms. I cut the fronts of white muslin and the backs of an assortment of pretty fabrics. The children used fabric markers to make a picture and write their names on the fronts and chose fabric for the backs. We read a couple of books about fabric and talked about our clothing, blankets and other textiles.
Here's what made me sad... of my class of 9 children not a single one had ever seen a sewing machine. I showed them the parts, they helped thread it, how it worked, etc and they were so excited by the process. I put the foot pedal on the table next to the machine... they "hit the gas" using their hands and I guided the fabric. (I used a s l o w speed!) It was a smashing success! Even sadder, only one of my co-workers owns a sewing machine. One mom did come in and say her son couldn't stop talking about using "Miss Laura's Machine" to the point where she took the plants off the top of her great grandmother's treadle machine to show it to him.
At least now there are 9 more humans who have seen, touched and used a sewing machine. Maybe one of them willl become a quilter!
Laura
Here's what made me sad... of my class of 9 children not a single one had ever seen a sewing machine. I showed them the parts, they helped thread it, how it worked, etc and they were so excited by the process. I put the foot pedal on the table next to the machine... they "hit the gas" using their hands and I guided the fabric. (I used a s l o w speed!) It was a smashing success! Even sadder, only one of my co-workers owns a sewing machine. One mom did come in and say her son couldn't stop talking about using "Miss Laura's Machine" to the point where she took the plants off the top of her great grandmother's treadle machine to show it to him.
At least now there are 9 more humans who have seen, touched and used a sewing machine. Maybe one of them willl become a quilter!
Laura
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