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no i knew how to sew before i took home ec, learned a lot of short cuts in class , and loved my teacher
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Had been sewing for several years but took HomeEc in high school - easy grades. We had to make an article of clothing and then it to class. Everyone changed just before class into their project and then after class back to regular clothes. Now a days its really cheaper to purchase clothes iwth the sales and all.
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Now, instead of home ec, it's called FACS=Family and Consumer Sciences. In our middle school they cook in 7th grade and sew in 8th grade. It's required for both boys and girls.
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My junior high offered home ec and industrial arts. In 7th grade we had to take one or the other. Most of the girls took home ec, and most of the boys took industrial arts. My best friend and I decided to take industrial arts! We carved a clock, did some welding and did some soldering I believe. Made some bowls. It was pretty cool.
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I taught myself. i was in the college bound courses so no home-ec for me. One day before a party I decided I NEEDED NEW SHORTS. so I found a pattern and some blue and gold plaid fabric and made shorts with a fly zipper! In retrospect they had many flaws but they lasted the night and I never looked back.
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My mother made clothes for all five of us girls and my brother. We all learned to sew in Home EC; I made clothes for a lady while we were stationed in Seoul Korea. Made enough a to buy material to make my clothes and the kids. Fortunately she only wanted full shapeless dresses and that made it easy. Now I just quilt and do fun stuff.
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My Grandma was a seamstress. I started sewing on her treadle with her when I was 4 years old. I did take home ec in high school, but I already knew what they were teaching. So I was made an assistant. I'm a self taught Quilter. I still sew a few dresses for my granddaughter, but quilting is my passion.
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Yes, in 9th. grade and I also hated it.
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Yes, in 9th. grade and I also hated it. My home room teacher wanted to know how I could get an A in English and a D in home ec. Easy I say when you hate what you're learning. I mean how many bathrobes will I make in my life.
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I took home ec in high school and use to make all my clothes. It was fun!
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Yes, I did in High School. Started with an Apron. Class project was a wedding dress that I intended to wear some day. AND I did. I got married half way through my senior year and the dress fit, just had to add secquins/pearls and some lace, oh and made the train out of matching lace. Been sewing ever since, now mostly quilt!
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I learned to sew as a teenager, but not through school. Mom signed me up for sewing classes at the local Joann's. She says it's the best money for lessons she's ever spent. I sewed alot of clothes for myself and some for my sister. When I got married, I sewed curtains, placemats, etc for myself and as gifts (money was tight as newlyweds). After a few years, I got into quilting and love it. I still make some clothes for my daughter, curtains and tops for myself, but not as often.
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I learned to sew with my mother & grandmother. I started in Elementary school made my own clothes from 6th grade until I finished high school.
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Originally Posted by Landers
I learned to sew with my mother & grandmother. I started in Elementary school made my own clothes from 6th grade until I finished high school.
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Yes, I learned in HS. And have used it over the years (many, many years)!
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Yes.Took home ec. in all four high school yrs. Loved it and really loved sewing,that was my fav. part. That was in the 6o,s. I am thankful for all I learned and have put it to great use as we raised our three children. It is just my husband and myself I sew for now and once in a while for the grandkids. Our two girls learned to sew too and so their own family sewing. Now I enjoy quilting more with my machine than making clothes for myself. Graduate of hs in 65. The good ole days! Jan
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I was in 4-H before I ever made it to high school age, and by that time, the teacher of the home ec class told me not to bother (her daughters were in 4-H too)
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My 5th grade teacher introduced me to sewing (I wouldn't listen to Mom) and loved it. Then Mom took over and taught me how to continue the love of sewing, knitting and crocheting:-) Continued to learn more in Home Ec and have loved it since.
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Three years of "home ec." in high school. Required of all girls. We sewed on treadle Singers and had a fashion show for our moms.
But the fourth year I opted out and took boy's "shop" instead. Fixed carburators, flat tires, etc. That was back in the days when boys took Chemistry and Physics, and girls took Shorthand and Typing. I took all four. Chemistry and Physics were invaluable. Shorthand useless. Typing is sometimes reduced to a couple of fingers on the iPhone or iPad! |
My mother tried to teach me, school tried to teach me (when the teacher wasn't holding up my efforts for the class to laugh at). I had to make an apron for the cookery class, then a dress. Total disaster, lots of tears and I had nothing more to do with sewing for the next 40 years or so. Mum had bought me a sewing box for my 7th birthday - I still have it and until recently I swear some of the original contents were still in it! The change came at the grand old age of 49 when a dear friend challenged my "I'm useless at sewing" and very patiently helped me overcome my fear (for fear it was by then) and inhibitions and taught me how to quilt. Every time I finish one, I'm still astonished that I've produced it!
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Originally Posted by FroggyinTexas
Originally Posted by Pies mom
I learned to sew in Jr. High.....now they call it middle school. I made most of my clothes through out high school and did alterations for college classmates and dorm mates....gave me the extra spending money. Of course that was when the hem lines were going up! It seems to me that sewing and cooking classes aren't offered much any more in schools. I signed up for my first quilting class about 15 years ago and couldn't wait for the class to start so I had my friend help me do a log cabin Christmas tree wall hanging.
One of the big mistakes the politicians who are using education as a football made years ago was to curtail vocational educational courses in the mistaken belief that everyone should go to college. If everyone gets a college degree, they will be about as valuable as a high school diploma is now and you will have to have one to work at a car wash. While I'm on my soap box, lots of people who are craftsmen--plumbers, electricians, computer repair people, etc.--command as much or more money in the market place than people with degrees. Probably the largest group of people in the country who have both bachelor's and master's degrees are teachers and they are not exactly getting rich on what they get paid. If your child wants to become a diesel mechanic or go in auto body repair, think about encouraging him or her. froggyintexas |
My oldest son went into some computer field, at a vocational school. While there, he got to play golf with his home school team, and since the voc school was right next to the community college, he went there too and graduated from high school with over 30 college credits.
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Originally Posted by annesthreads
My mother tried to teach me, school tried to teach me (when the teacher wasn't holding up my efforts for the class to laugh at). I had to make an apron for the cookery class, then a dress. Total disaster, lots of tears and I had nothing more to do with sewing for the next 40 years or so. Mum had bought me a sewing box for my 7th birthday - I still have it and until recently I swear some of the original contents were still in it! The change came at the grand old age of 49 when a dear friend challenged my "I'm useless at sewing" and very patiently helped me overcome my fear (for fear it was by then) and inhibitions and taught me how to quilt. Every time I finish one, I'm still astonished that I've produced it!
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I had a teacher in the 7th grade that would not call me by the name I go by (too many Julies in the class my name is not Julie, it is Julia) so when I made my suspender jumper , I learned more from my mother at home working on it. The teacher would not help me with anything until I answered her when she called me by a name that is not mine.
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Originally Posted by jojo47
Originally Posted by annesthreads
My mother tried to teach me, school tried to teach me (when the teacher wasn't holding up my efforts for the class to laugh at). I had to make an apron for the cookery class, then a dress. Total disaster, lots of tears and I had nothing more to do with sewing for the next 40 years or so. Mum had bought me a sewing box for my 7th birthday - I still have it and until recently I swear some of the original contents were still in it! The change came at the grand old age of 49 when a dear friend challenged my "I'm useless at sewing" and very patiently helped me overcome my fear (for fear it was by then) and inhibitions and taught me how to quilt. Every time I finish one, I'm still astonished that I've produced it!
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Originally Posted by annesthreads
Originally Posted by jojo47
Originally Posted by annesthreads
My mother tried to teach me, school tried to teach me (when the teacher wasn't holding up my efforts for the class to laugh at). I had to make an apron for the cookery class, then a dress. Total disaster, lots of tears and I had nothing more to do with sewing for the next 40 years or so. Mum had bought me a sewing box for my 7th birthday - I still have it and until recently I swear some of the original contents were still in it! The change came at the grand old age of 49 when a dear friend challenged my "I'm useless at sewing" and very patiently helped me overcome my fear (for fear it was by then) and inhibitions and taught me how to quilt. Every time I finish one, I'm still astonished that I've produced it!
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Yes I took Home Economics in junior high and high school. My teacher who taught us in high school is over 90 years old and still looks the same as when she was teaching. No kidding! She wears her hair in a turned under short bob. I've called her and she has no medical problems. I liked Home Ec. It taught me sewing and cooking skills. We had a club called Future Homemakers and occasionally went to the big city of Columbus to a convention. What good memories! Nowadays Home Ec is no more. It's called family consumer science curriculum. One of my classmates teaches it. A new high school was built in southeastern Ohio and she showed us her classroom. I don't sew so much now; mainly sew to quilt.
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nope. My grandmother taught me to sew when I was around 6 (I'm 28 now) and she taught me to quilt when I was 12 or so, but I didn't seriously start quilting till I was 16. :)
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I took band in middle school to get out of taking Home Ec and then in high school was on the drill/kick line team. Should have taken Home Ec!
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I learned to sew in junior high, Home Ec. I didn't do a lot with it at the time but started sewing again when my girls were little. Then put it away again until recently but the fun part is that whenever I start sewing again I think of my Home Ec teacher, Miss Youngers, and the things she taught me. She was a great role model for young girls, in addition to her sewing and cooking skills. That's got to be about 50 years ago now, (unbelievable), so she surely made a lasting impression!
BTW, two of my grandsons recently had to take one semester of sewing and cooking in middle school. Just the basics but good info for them. The class has a different name which I can't remember now. |
I had sewing in 10 th grade but didn't sew anymore til I was married. Do they still have sewing , cooking, home management offered??? This inquiring mind wants to know. hehehe
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