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Old 06-22-2013, 09:46 AM
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I hem my DH pants too. He did the weekly house work for me so I could go to Chicago for the quilt show yesterrday. He's a keeper and I will hem and mend for him....but nobody else. I do alterations for the bridal shop 3 days a week and that is enough.
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Old 06-22-2013, 12:16 PM
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My husband is 6'5" tall. No worries about needing to hem anything
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Old 06-22-2013, 12:48 PM
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I just about always have to hem jeans/pants. Don't really like it, but I just do it.
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Old 06-22-2013, 02:40 PM
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DH fixes my house, I fix his his pants. Not fun, but not a bother.
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Old 06-22-2013, 08:44 PM
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I hem pants and will mend holes and tears too. I do it out of love plus he supports my quilting habits and my vintage machine obsession.
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Old 06-22-2013, 10:13 PM
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There is no hemming here. When you are over 6 feet tall you don't cut hems off anything. In fact, you don't put things in the dryer because you don't want them to shrink. I do not like to mend anything, but for my husband I would mend anything, because he is so good to me. It would take a life time to get him paid back. I realize I lucked out finding him and thank the good Lord everyday for him.

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Old 06-23-2013, 04:40 AM
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I agree....and the most important part of your motto is 'My time'!!!!! The older I get the more valuable my time is!!!

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I used to make custom wedding gowns, formal wear and costumes. People would constantly ask me to mend stuff. Zippers in jeans was the most common asked for item. They would ask what to do, my reply was "throw them out, buy new ones and get the proper size so your belly doesn't bust your zipper". The other one was, people would bring me formal dresses that had already been worn and say they would wait to dry clean it AFTER I altered it. Really, you want me to work on your dirty clothes? Then they would be surprised when I said it must be cleaned before I touch anything. I hem and do alterations, BUT only if I want to. Which lately has been none.
my new motto: My machine, My time, My decision.
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Old 06-23-2013, 09:24 AM
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My hubby won't go shopping until his clothes are falling apart! He always wants me to mend things for him and I tell him, "it's a sewing machine not a miracle worker!"
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Old 06-23-2013, 11:50 AM
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I have put a zipper in hubby's leather jacket and fixed his co-worker's gloves. Once someone knows you sew they love your help.

It worked out well one time -- his boss wanted me to sew some kite bags for him. They turned out well and he paid me $40 above the price of materials. Then again, it would cost him $40 for one bag online, lol! Of course mine were so well constructed. I had fun chatting with people who had used that type of material before. I learned to seal the edge of it with a hot flame, fingers got burnt trying to use a lighter. I had seen a tute about using a candle, but of course the flame moves around... DH brought home a little torch I could use. It was ripstop fabric.

Someone mentioned hemming JCP's pants, I think they used to do that for free if you bought a suit.

Anyhow, I love to fix things for DH since he fixes everything he can for me.
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Old 06-23-2013, 12:19 PM
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Hate mending, I don't even like to sew clothes anymore even for myself, but to get what I want I have to. I really want to scream when people say .. you need the money make me a dress, cover these cushions etc. yes I need the money but grit my teeth the whole time.. hating every minute of it.
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