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From: MaryW
Date: 05-09-2005, 08:57 AM (1 of 12)
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I just love stories like this one. http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050508/LIVING/505080345/1007 MaryW
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User: MaryW
Member since: 06-23-2005 Total posts: 2542 
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From: AndreaSews
Date: 05-09-2005, 11:18 AM (2 of 12)
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thsnks! i sent it to my favorite home ec teacher.
Andrea
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Member since: 02-18-2005 Total posts: 1007 
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From: mommydionne
Date: 05-13-2005, 08:36 PM (3 of 12)
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very cool, my son wants to learn to sew, I think we are going to start with a guitar case for him!
Jeanette
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User: mommydionne
Member since: 01-08-2004 Total posts: 838 
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From: Catalina
Date: 05-17-2005, 07:34 PM (4 of 12)
| I just love it when I see young people interested in sewing. I have several teenage nieces and I don't think they even know how to sew on a button. Its such a dying art. I always wished I had a daughter so I could teach her. |
User: Catalina
Member since: 01-06-2005 Total posts: 119 |
From: Magot
Date: 05-20-2005, 04:47 PM (5 of 12)
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I have 2, and one has only just worked out it is a skill she could manage and she has now left home at 21 - shhessh I could never get her to try much at home - she did make herself a shift but the air was blue. She has now bought herself an ancient singer and is looking forward to sewing up a storm. Daughter 2 is much more interested in designing and making things which is loveley - but she is now 18 and off to uni and hasn't wanted to learn at Mummy's knee, having daughters doesn't mean you have apprentices! http://www.greneway.herts.sch.uk/dt/child11.htm you can see what our 12 year olds ( boys and girls) make at school. love and kisses, Jan
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User: Magot
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From: MaryW
Date: 05-20-2005, 04:50 PM (6 of 12)
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I love that ladybug.
MaryW
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Member since: 06-23-2005 Total posts: 2542
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From: Magot
Date: 05-20-2005, 05:02 PM (7 of 12)
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cute ain't it, not exactly scientifically accurate with that number of legs but we just put it down to artistic expression. The hanging pockets marked TH are by one of our young men. Excellent work and we find they really enjoy sitting down and sewing away. The 10 year old's make hand puppets http://www.greneway.herts.sch.uk/dt/child5.htm love and kisses, Jan
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User: Magot
Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626
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From: toadusew
Date: 05-21-2005, 09:34 PM (8 of 12)
I also have 2 daughters and while the older one had some interest in sewing, she didn't continue it. I have always felt bad because I think I turned her off when I fussed at her because she messed up the bobbin in my machine one time. The second one has absolutely no interest in sewing at all, so Jan is right--having daughter's doesn't mean you have apprentices.  I do have a stepgranddaughter who is interested in learning to sew, but she lives far away......  I like the ladybug, too. 
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User: toadusew
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From: MaryW
Date: 05-24-2005, 06:47 AM (9 of 12)
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More on students getting the sewing bug. http://www.crookstontimes.com/articles/2005/05/23/news/10newsb.txt MaryW
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User: MaryW
Member since: 06-23-2005 Total posts: 2542
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From: ittycritters
Date: 06-01-2005, 12:34 AM (10 of 12)
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My 4 1/2 yr. old son, lovesw to watch me sew, he helps me with easy stuff, and wants to try it. i think that i'm just a little afraid of him around all the needles yet! ~krys 
Just when I thought it was over....
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User: ittycritters
Member since: 05-03-2005 Total posts: 50 
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From: Melanie T
Date: 06-08-2005, 07:54 AM (11 of 12)
My sons play with my machines, help me fix them and generally enjoy sewing. They claim that when they grow up they are going to fix trucks like daddy and sewing machines like Mr. John  . I always have several rescue machines on the go - we rescue old machines and fix them up to send to sewing schools in Romania, Moldavia etc. through Christian Aid Ministries. My boys play with them, and I do mean play, winding bobbins, sewing endless lines of stitching on scrap fabric, making little pillows etc. They are 5 1/2 and 3 1/2, the 13mo. old doensn't sew yet, but he likes to sit in my lap when I do  .
Melanie
4 little sewing machine mechanics (6, 4, 2, Born June 14) Ontario Canada |
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Member since: 09-21-2004 Total posts: 155 |
From: blackie
Date: 06-13-2005, 04:58 PM (12 of 12)
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Speaking to the "daughters aren't apprentices" thing - my mom taught me how to sew as a child. I can't remember a time I didn't know the basics about seam allowances and threading bobbins etc. However from about 5th to 12th grade sewing was a struggle for me. Whenever I would try to sew with her I was *so* impatient... I just wanted the final product. Plus if I ever ran into a difficulty I would get so upset and panicky. My mom suffered through it as best she could, but I remember we had a few fights while sewing where I would get flustered and upset at her. I didn't sew hardly at all in college but after my first child was born (3 1/2 years ago), my mom bought me a Kenmore and I started picking it up again... It revived the old skills and my mom's sense of satisfaction and hard work seems to flow in my veins, despite my years of difficulty! Now I sew *every day* and am addicted to it. I enjoy everything about sewing (well, maybe not handsewing a binding on a large quilt... but everything else!), even tracing and cutting patterns (which I previously hated). Now the tide has turned for my mom and I - all of my sewing has inspired her to sew more again (she is a retiree and very busy - a lot of things vying for her time!). So I think, no matter what your child(ren) think about sewing now, if they see how much you enjoy it and how hard you work, you may be planting seeds for this "lost art" to live inside them... I would say the things my mom did right were: 1. She was a hard worker and fairly disciplined at getting her projects done, 2. She always sewed whatever I wanted and didn't impose her ideas on me unless I asked, and 3. She sewed for herself too and was not a "sewing martyr" by any means. I learned a lot about stick-to-it-ness and creativity and I would say it is a skill I am very proud of (altho' of course I am only at an intermediate level). This reminds me of an annual sewing event that happened every year between me and my mom, and I have joked with her about this: every Halloween I would watch her cut out a pattern (sometimes one she made) for my costume (always whatever I wanted, no matter how daunting). I would suddenly get all worried that it was going to look super geeky or bad (c'mon, I was a preadolescent) and I would usually fuss at her the whole time she sewed it. It was like I would lose faith in her artistry every time! But of course WITHOUT FAIL the costume always turned out amazing and I was so proud of what I had! So I guess it just goes to say - have patience. Your child(ren) may indeed return to sewing when they have children of their own - or even as they get older! This thread makes me all teary for my mum! I'll have to give her a call today to thank her...
see the mundane life of a housewife.
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User: blackie
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