Sewer or Sewist?
Way back when, someone who did sewing was a sewer - not to be confused with the dirty water system.
Now, I am seeing someone that sews as a "sewist"? Do you have preference for how what you want to be called? I think of "sew" as a verb, whereas "quilt" can be a noun or a verb. It seems like "-ist" or "-er" is added to indicate "one who does whatever" But it does not seem to be consistent. Is there a rhyme or reason? |
I like sewist because it won't get confused with dirty water..even by the Standells Just my opion though.
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I also prefer sewist. But here's a good read https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2...er-sewist.html
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Since I now only make quilts I refer to myself as a quilter.
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I too am "just" a quilter. I no longer mend, hem, cover, or otherwise deal with fabric except cottons and a 1/4" seam :p
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i started to sew at three. my neighbor had a wonderful box of buttons. Remember Charles Chips tins?
well, I wanted those buttons, My neighbor, Aunt Betty, said i could have them, but i had t sew them down to fabric. so, out came the big darning needle with some thick thread, and i learned how to sew a button down. OMG, I was hooked. at 7, i started to sew squares together. Never made much of it, but it was a start. by 12, i was sewing all my cloths. babysitting to make money to go to the fabric store to buy fabric for cloths. in 7th grade, for my Confirmation, I made my own short sleeved dress. it was beautiful. I quilt, a lot, and started very early, before quilting was a thing to do. I had to ouse fabric scraps and stuff in the stores that were mainly calicos. The other day, a woman i sew with, told me i was a terrible sewer!!! The only thing i could say to her was that i won 2nd and 3rd bet overall at the first quilt show i entered. How dare she! I'm a sewer, quilter and I try to encourge anyone who wants to learn. I've also taught quilting. |
Love your sewing story, lynnie! I have just started letting my three yr old daughter try sewing with plastic canvas and a blunt needle. I am trying to get her to sew smaller stitches, but she says "Oh, I can't do that!" Lol!
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Did the term "seamstress" go out of fashion? I though that was what someone who knew how to sew was called? Maybe I'm just getting old.
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Lynnie- someone said that to you? Wow, how mean!!!
I don't care what people call me. Sewer, sewist, quilter, knitter etc. There are a lot of worse names to be called :D |
Originally Posted by AZ Jane
(Post 8320776)
Did the term "seamstress" go out of fashion? I though that was what someone who knew how to sew was called? Maybe I'm just getting old.
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