Originally Posted by lalaland
I teach sewing in high school, I've had kids, teachers, district office personnel, the principal, the security people - all ask us to mend things for them. Oh, and let's not forget the parents - they send stuff with their kid to school and ask if we'll mend it. And the principal even asked one of the boys in my class to make him an apron - the principal is 6'7", so am I supposed to alter an existing pattern for him and what about the material??
We say no and in the case of the principal, we never mentioned it again and neither did he. |
How about "It's so nice that you sew. You save so much money."
|
Yes! and they want you to make them one, but not have to buy any material or help you with the expense at all.
|
I tell people its a quilting machine, not a sewing machine, and they leave me alone!
|
Originally Posted by C.Cal Quilt Girl
Funny part is can buy mens pants waist and length ! Wonder why that is?? :-)
|
It really gets my goat when someone asks me to mend a quilt and they call the quilt a blanket.
|
I do simple mending for my immediate family. I can't do complex. If it's complex, I take it to a Tailor here in town.
I have a neat button foot for my machine and it makes it easy to sew buttons on. Hate sewing them on by hand. On clothes sizes, I have problem with long sleeves. They are not long enough so I usually don't wear them. Sometimes I buy mens flannel shirts for the winter just so I can get the sleeves long enough. A long time ago, "they" figured out that men have different leg and arm lengths, haven't' they realized that women do too? |
I don't like mending either so I just don't do it. I have no trouble saying no.
|
Originally Posted by MadQuilter
My answer: Send it to my mother - she likes mending. I just buy new. lol
I got asked to take up the length of a large number of slacks for a gentleman, saying he would pay me half what a "professional" tailor would charge because he did not want to spend that kind of money. . |
Hey - don't they know that quilting and mending ARE two different things! Amen!
|
All times are GMT -8. The time now is 08:38 AM. |