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    Old 10-13-2011, 04:41 AM
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    Was talking to my insurance agent about getting the new machines covered. It came out that I quilted and he asked me if I hemmed pants. !!! Directed him to the lady that has a sewing / alteration shop in town.
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    Old 10-13-2011, 04:41 AM
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    A friend told her husband and children (3 boys) that her sewing machine did not do patching or repair work. They gave her a startled look but never said a word and she has lived by that statement.
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    Old 10-13-2011, 04:42 AM
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    My method for darning.....
    1 - Hold the torn clothing article 13" above the trash bin
    2 - Let go
    3 - Say "Oh Darn!"
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    Old 10-13-2011, 04:58 AM
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    Like Quiltmouse, I also kept donor jeans ... for years and years and years; this past winter when DH was having open heart surgery and subsequent complications, I cut 8-1/2" squares out of all the denim I'd saved from his, mine, & 3 kids' jeans and made him a lap-sized rag quilt (he gets cold a lot). I had exactly enough squares when I got finished cutting.

    Answer to original question: I will do mending (for immediate family) if the garment is worth saving. I will only hem pants if I am allowed to cut off the excess; my son says, "no cutting ... just roll them up and stitch". No way am I doing that. All holey sox go into the trash.
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    Old 10-13-2011, 05:04 AM
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    i hem up grandaugter jeans or mend a sem thats come loose but id rather be quilting
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    Old 10-13-2011, 05:06 AM
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    I'm a quilter and a seamstress. I'm the one who patches those jeans when the wives won't do it.........and I get paid for doing it so I don't mind it!!!
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    Old 10-13-2011, 05:09 AM
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    I hate to tell you how long my mending basket has been sitting untouched. I don't like to do it, period! Have a jacket sitting there my DIL gave me to replace a zipper. It's been there maybe 5 months or so. I'm hoping she'll decide it's better to have it done elsewhere. :)
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    Old 10-13-2011, 05:16 AM
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    Originally Posted by paulswalia
    tell him that asking a quilter to patch is like asking Picasso to paint your garage!
    :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
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    Old 10-13-2011, 05:19 AM
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    I hate patching!!! I have to patch my sons work clothes once in awhile and he doesn't really care how they look. I refuse to hem my husbands pants, he has to take them out and have them done. I had someone ask me if I would hem his pants since I have a sewing machine. Told him NO, I don't even do my husbands. He was surprized but didn't ask again.
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    Old 10-13-2011, 05:22 AM
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    I think that everyone thinks that if you can sew, you can/will sew anything. I get questioned all the time about fixing or hemming stuff. I don't even like to do my own...so no...I don't do that.
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