Carol,
Sometimes my sons ask me to do things that I am not capable of doing. So, I take them to the tailors and pay the professional. This is between you and me ONLY. I never tell them.
Quilter68 (who is now 69)
Can't believe that I forgot this one: A 'friend' asked me to sew some pretty embroidery patches on a chambray shirt. I was home from work mending from an operation and it was fun. Long story short - I did 26 jackets for her - no problem...she is my friend...I used 15 spools of Coats and Clark's thread (@3,25 per ). I kept asking her for thread and she finally brought one spool of 3 for a dollar thread from Walmart and it was rayon...which doesn't work on cotton and denim. It won't hold.
Longer story shorter... she went to work and showed them off and said SHE did them!!! The nerve!!! But I was proud of my work and had taken photos of all that I did.
After 30 years...end of friendship and she has people asking me why I don't contact her. I was taken advantage of and will not let that happen again!