Originally Posted by Feathers-N-Fur
So, how many of you were not allowed to use a sewing machine until you mastered the art of hand piecing. Who learned to make all their clothes with nothing but newspaper, scissors, needle and thread. These were once necessary skills. That doesn't mean they apply to life today.
<Raising my hand> My mother wouldn't let me use her 60s sewing machine until I proved to her that I could sew an outfit by hand. She didn't think I would do it, but I did.