Would you mend my ******
08-21-2010, 04:59 AM
#81
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Originally Posted by earthwalker
Everyone brings their mending to me...and buttons...I have lost count of the number of total replacement "button jobs" I have done (you know, where they lose one button and the whole lot need replacing, 'cause there's not a matching one to be found). Thank goodness I have an enormous button stash..."The Button Collection" originally belonged to my G.Grandmother, then she passed it to my G.Mother, then she to Mum and as my mother is a minimalist and hates clutter,I am now the "keeper of the buttons".
08-21-2010, 05:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Leota
Originally Posted by kacie
Originally Posted by Chele
Love that Suzan! I have to hem my daughter's school uniform skirt and I'm sweating just thinking about it! I'd rather do paper piecing and Y seams. Blindfolded! Okay you chickens, send me hemming vibes. I need you!
08-21-2010, 05:06 AM
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Originally Posted by sharon b
I just tell them , sorry no I don't sew :wink: LOL
08-21-2010, 05:15 AM
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I've always said it's a whole lot more fun to sew when you don't have to.
I sewed for my kids - "back in those days"..... there weren't garage sales on every corner and no wallyworld with their throw away kids clothes....
Then I sewed for the grandkids...
now I sew for my own enjoyment...
I sewed for my kids - "back in those days"..... there weren't garage sales on every corner and no wallyworld with their throw away kids clothes....
Then I sewed for the grandkids...
now I sew for my own enjoyment...
08-21-2010, 05:16 AM
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I have to have alterations on most of my clothes but would never dream of doing it myself. I pay more for alterations than some of the clothes. My theory is ... I'm old enough to do what I please...and alterations isn't one of them. I will sew a button on and repair a split in a seam, period!!! I love what Sadiemae said...there's quilting and then there's sewing. I'm a quilter.
08-21-2010, 05:28 AM
#88
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I raised 8 children so yes I did a lot of sewing and mending. I still do a lot of mending for the kids and grandkids. I recently repaired a quilt for a granddaughter that I had given her for christmas in 1999/ Took way to long but worth it fir her. I no longer sew for other people. They do not value my time.
08-21-2010, 06:26 AM
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Thanks for all the great replies. You made me laugh A LOT!
Until I retired, I never sewed a stitch. I asked my mother to do all my repairs, so now I guess I feel guilty when the next generation asks the same thing of me.
I think my mom was happy to do it. Or at least I always thought so. But now I'm not so sure.
I love the Picasso line. I'll keep that in mind.
Until I retired, I never sewed a stitch. I asked my mother to do all my repairs, so now I guess I feel guilty when the next generation asks the same thing of me.
I think my mom was happy to do it. Or at least I always thought so. But now I'm not so sure.
I love the Picasso line. I'll keep that in mind.
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