justflyingin

Thank you. I do like to sew!

One thing I wanted to show sewers/quilters here is that some people around the world aren't so picky as Americans tend to be. For many reasons. 1. They are poor and don't have financial choices. 2. They can't buy beautiful fabrics because they aren't here--at any price. The most beautiful quilts here are made from fabrics from the states. 3. Most women here don't have sewing machines and the mentality here would put them as non-sewers anyway.

In this part of the world you tend to specialize and not be the "Renaissance woman" who does everything. If you are a seamstress, then you don't bake, or you don't keep your house clean (! :)) or you may not drive, etc. They tend to look at people as specialists and not as being able to do everything. It is just how they are. (A really good example of this is once I was in the Kitchen Aid shop and a lady with small children came in and said "O I can't bake--I have several children at home." To me it was funny as that is when you need to bake!)

The mentality is gradually changing as more women are exposed to the west.

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