Some day in the near future, I hope to offer classes on sewing to make up for what's missing in the schools now. I have 20 sewing machines at present, so definitely enough for a classroom, but a little over half need some work on them before I can set up. Maybe if my kitchen gets remodeled the way I plan for it to be I can teach some cooking skills as well. Until then, with all the schools losing their home ec classes, we'll see more of this -
http://www.govdeals.com/index.cfm?fa...sewing&inv_nbr=
This is a wonderful auction site that I love to go to called govdeals.com and they have sewing machines on their site frequently from schools that are letting their sewing machines go for cheap. This link above is for previous auctions since they didn't have much at present, but I check it often with a keyword "sewing" just to see what they have. I thought our readers here might find this interesting, and might even find a deal in the future. (Kind of like shopping the Walmarts when their fabric was being removed and relishing in the sales. Hating it and loving it at the same time. )
Back to topic, it's a shame to see such a valuable commodity wasted and I hope I can help the kids in my area keep these arts alive. It's not a "dying" art yet, and I don't expect it to become one with all the interest shown on this board. Let's keep 'em sewing....