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From: lendube
Date: 07-01-2007, 02:09 PM (1 of 11)
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Funny, my sil is a die-hard quilter. Neat lady too. Wish they lived closer. Huge sewing room. Stays up till all hours quilting while running a business full time as well. Bil flew in and spent the night before the two bros went on an 8 day fishing trip. Point being, dh was showing bro a fishing tackle box that he and I designed and constructed together. (Some of you might remember me posting about it with pics.) Bil said, "Sheesh, wish I had a wife that sewed."  I said, "What are you talking about? That's all she does." He said, "No, all she does is quilt. If a button falls off my shirt I throw the shirt out."I think he was only half kidding.  Lennie |
User: lendube
Member since: 08-06-2006 Total posts: 1548 |
From: paroper
Date: 07-01-2007, 02:26 PM (2 of 11)
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No, actually just as there are a number of seamstresses who do not quilt, there is a HUGE number of quilters who are clueless about even simple sewing. That was hard for me to understand when I first realized it too.
pam
Bernina 200e, Artista V5 Designer Plus, Explorations, Magic Box, Bernina 2000DE & 335 Bernette Serger, Bernina 1530 Sewing Machine, Bernina 1300 DC Overlock (with coverstitch) |
User: paroper
Member since: 02-03-2004 Total posts: 3775 |
From: blackie
Date: 07-01-2007, 10:01 PM (3 of 11)
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Sure, she loves to quilt. I sew and quilt, but that doesn't mean I enjoy doing OTHER PEOPLE'S mending! Tell that dude to learn to sew his own button on, wife has better things to do.
see the mundane life of a housewife.
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User: blackie
Member since: 03-31-2004 Total posts: 594 |
From: plrlegal
Date: 07-01-2007, 10:46 PM (4 of 11)
I sew and quilt and do so until all hours of the night also but I also keep mine and dh's clothes mended and in good order. However if the bil's wife chooses not to then like Blackie said, he should learn to sew his own buttons on -- for heaven sake, sewing a button on is not exactly rocket science.  Pam, surprisingly, there are a growing number of people who are clueless about how a real sewing machine works but they are purchasing tol embroidery machines and think they should be able to take them home, plug them in and havie a going embroidery business the next day. The lady who owns the Singer shop I frequent and also the shop in Hennessey where I bought my 2056 both have told me some horror stories about what is done to the tol embroidery machines by people (both men and women) who bought them and thought they knew and understood exactly how to use the machine and them blamed the whole thing on either Singer or Pfaff when they brought the machine back almost destroyed.Patsy Patsy
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User: plrlegal
Member since: 05-19-2001 Total posts: 318 |
From: paroper
Date: 07-01-2007, 10:51 PM (5 of 11)
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Boy, is that the truth!!! Then they don't want to spend the money for much needed supplies...will buy an $8000 combo machine and then want to use coffee filters as stabilizer...or none at all.
pam
Bernina 200e, Artista V5 Designer Plus, Explorations, Magic Box, Bernina 2000DE & 335 Bernette Serger, Bernina 1530 Sewing Machine, Bernina 1300 DC Overlock (with coverstitch) |
User: paroper
Member since: 02-03-2004 Total posts: 3775 |
From: plrlegal
Date: 07-01-2007, 11:15 PM (6 of 11)
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I've seen several posts where they are encouraging people to use the used dryer (bounce, snuggle, etc) sheets as stabilizer. Can you imagine what those fibers will do to a bobbin assembly? I also saw another post where someone recommende serger thread as bobbin thread for use in an embroidery machine!! Patsy Patsy
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User: plrlegal
Member since: 05-19-2001 Total posts: 318 |
From: lendube
Date: 07-02-2007, 02:34 PM (7 of 11)
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In bil's defense I have to say that both he and my dh (and their 10 sibs) are all extremely self reliant. Bil does most of the cooking and laundry at his place. He's got a funny sarcastic personality and I know he was teasing. He'd be the first to sew it on. He's a good guy. Lennie |
User: lendube
Member since: 08-06-2006 Total posts: 1548 |
From: Patty22
Date: 07-02-2007, 03:08 PM (8 of 11)
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Sure, she loves to quilt. I sew and quilt, but that doesn't mean I enjoy doing OTHER PEOPLE'S mending! Tell that dude to learn to sew his own button on, wife has better things to do. Bwhahahahahahahahahahaha.....picking myself up off the floor on this one. Thank you Blackie! Quilting lessons are the only sewing lessons the upcoming generation may have since home ec was taken out of the school. The wiser (I'm saying older here) quilter will probably have acquired sewing skills, however the younger generation won't have that under their belt (or sash ). Patty
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User: Patty22
Member since: 03-29-2006 Total posts: 1194 |
From: blackie
Date: 07-02-2007, 03:29 PM (9 of 11)
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Patty, I think you're right. Many young sewists (yes, I made that word up, I don't like "sewer") today don't have many options besides quilting classes or online classes. In bil's defense I have to say that both he and my dh (and their 10 sibs) are all extremely self reliant. Bil does most of the cooking and laundry at his place. He's got a funny sarcastic personality and I know he was teasing. He'd be the first to sew it on. He's a good guy. Lennie, I totally got the "vibe" that he was an easygoing guy and not expecting his wife to be a domestic slave! So no harm in sharing your anecdote. Maybe my comment was more toward the would-be lady menders... just because we're ladies (or women, in my case... not much of a lady) and because we sew does not mean we're required to mend if we don't want to! 
see the mundane life of a housewife.
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User: blackie
Member since: 03-31-2004 Total posts: 594 |
From: jessie s
Date: 07-02-2007, 07:47 PM (10 of 11)
| Both my sons who are married know how to sew on a button. The youngest knows how to operate a sewing machine since he took 1 year of Home Ec. But my DH doesn't sew. No problem I sew. But when he wants a button sewed on usually has the shirt on and says, "Oh I need a button." Tough, if I am cooking or something else not stopping to sew a button. Tell him give it to me before you put it on, not when I am doing something or put it in the sewing room and I will find time to do it. It is his responsibility to check his clothes. Besides he never keeps the button, never knows where he put it. So lots of his work shirts need buttons. jessie s |
User: jessie s
Member since: 02-26-2007 Total posts: 46 |
From: material_pakrat
Date: 07-05-2007, 12:18 PM (11 of 11)
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Sure, she loves to quilt. I sew and quilt, but that doesn't mean I enjoy doing OTHER PEOPLE'S mending! Tell that dude to learn to sew his own button on, wife has better things to do. Reminds me soooooo much of my dad. I was rennovating a house, and being mum to a 2 year old. He had a go at me over the fact that my dining table hadn't been wiped down. I disappeared for a minute, came back and handed him a cloth and the cleaning spray. My only comment was " If you have time to whinge about it, you have time to clean it!" He cleaned it, and now 9 years later, he has never made that kind of comment again. He even came to me hat in hand a couple of weeks ago asking me if I could mend his jeans for him. Mum has trouble seeing properly to mend them, and has arthritis in her hands. And he has discovered that his patches don't stay on too well with hand sewing. So I have no problem doing them for him. Dad always did his own mending (and even knitting and darning), my son had to learn basic hand mending for Scouts, and I give my hubby a free pass because he lets me go fabric shopping and doesn't complain anymore. I have known beautiful quilters and even seamstresses who will not mend anything. It's almost like it is easier to make something new rather than fix something broken. Personally I hate mending, but it a job that has to be done. Cheers, Soph.
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User: material_pakrat
Member since: 12-13-2006 Total posts: 220 |
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