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Originally Posted by kacie
I CAN mend, but I don't. I used to put the kids' mending in "the mending pile" until they outgrew it.
Truly, I HATE mending, although I love to sew (clothes and quilts). Mending and sewing are 2 different things. My mother is old enough to remember darning socks if they got a hole in them :shock: She still has her darning "egg". |
MaryMild, can you tell me what the quilt pattern in your avatar is? It's absolutely stunning. Thanks, Kathy
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LOL! So true. I can barely sew a button on. And it will probably fall off two days after I sew it on. But if you need a quilt block, I'm your gal!
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Originally Posted by mytwopals
Originally Posted by marymild
Have you noticed when you tell people you quilt, they want to know if you will do their mending for them?
Oh. Did I mention I'm a 50 year old male? What is your secret? I get the exact opposite response when I tell people I piece quilt tops. I once was asked to do all the textiles in a bedroom remodel: curtains, tailored bedspread, shams, bedskirt, shaped pillows, hem drapes, and am constantly asked to do alterations. I am 6'2", 200lb. (or so :-) ) 51 year old male. And I snarl a lot. :-) Aardie. |
Originally Posted by mytwopals
Originally Posted by marymild
Have you noticed when you tell people you quilt, they want to know if you will do their mending for them?
Oh. Did I mention I'm a 50 year old male? :lol: |
Originally Posted by mytwopals
Originally Posted by marymild
Have you noticed when you tell people you quilt, they want to know if you will do their mending for them?
Oh. Did I mention I'm a 50 year old male? :lol: 5'2" here. I feel so small and insignificant.... Can you reach that for me? LOLOL!!! :XD: |
I have not run into that, yet. But if asked I would say, "I don't like sewing clothes."
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My sister actually started her own pants hemming business. She is going to culinary school at the CIA in California. She says that all of the male chefs are from foreign countries and short. (I don't know if one really has anything to do with the other. :-) )
I live on the East Coast and was THRILLED to not have anything to do with this business. Then, I get the fateful email asking for some tips. The next thing you know, I am whipping out Photoshop to draw her a detailed schematic since she can't sew a lick. The happy ending is that she now has a nice little side business and I didn't have to hem any pants! |
I have had that mentioned to me, about mending. I tell my DH and Girls and mother that I do not mend!!!! I quilt!
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I hate mending and hemming. People ask me all the time if I could take in this or that for them and I really hate alterations. I would rather make you something from scratch than alter your clothes, mend or hem a skirt, pair of trousers, etc.
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