I said "no"
09-16-2011, 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by joyce blint
Originally Posted by Jim's Gem
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Why do people think that you can do alterations just because you have a sewing machine?????
Why do people think that you can do alterations just because you have a sewing machine?????
09-16-2011, 10:39 AM
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I despise altering pants....it is just never as easy as you think before you start! I have a pair sitting in the sewing room now waiting on me. DH has very short legs so I end up hemming all of his pants. :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
09-16-2011, 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Jammin' Jane
I hear ya! It seems I get suckered in every time!
Will you make curtains, will you hem my pants, will you mend this hole, will you alter my bridemaid's dress, my prom dress....
I just had a guy ask me if I could alter his suit jackets because he had lost a lot of weight! Yikes! That one had to go to the tailors!! People think we can do it all!! :)
Will you make curtains, will you hem my pants, will you mend this hole, will you alter my bridemaid's dress, my prom dress....
I just had a guy ask me if I could alter his suit jackets because he had lost a lot of weight! Yikes! That one had to go to the tailors!! People think we can do it all!! :)
09-16-2011, 10:57 AM
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good for you, I don't blame you at all
Originally Posted by charity-crafter
Yeah! Without hesitation. A person I work with came up to me at lunch and said, "I have a favor to ask, I bought some ....from ..... and they are too long..."
And before she said anything more I said right up front, "I don't do tailoring or mending. That requires special skills that I don't have."
"Well, you have a sewing machine, it's just cut it off and hem it."
"I don't do that. I'm sure you can find someone at the dry cleaner who can fix things like that."
The end.
Yeah it feels so relieving to not make excuses or actually trying to do it when I know I don't want to and really don't know how to do it so it looks good.
And before she said anything more I said right up front, "I don't do tailoring or mending. That requires special skills that I don't have."
"Well, you have a sewing machine, it's just cut it off and hem it."
"I don't do that. I'm sure you can find someone at the dry cleaner who can fix things like that."
The end.
Yeah it feels so relieving to not make excuses or actually trying to do it when I know I don't want to and really don't know how to do it so it looks good.
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