tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681345169052205157.post2550468773447445266..comments2024-02-05T10:11:55.781-06:00Comments on Making Do with the Not So New: The Sad Loss of Sewing Know-HowMelissa Jagearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07439765292197683329noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681345169052205157.post-43640734239669475382009-06-10T21:30:33.541-05:002009-06-10T21:30:33.541-05:00Dani', I would have loved to have found that s...Dani', I would have loved to have found that serger bargain, so I'll give you a pass! :)Melissa Jagearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07439765292197683329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681345169052205157.post-160889617239557272009-06-10T16:45:52.215-05:002009-06-10T16:45:52.215-05:00I am embarrased to admit that a sewing machine is ...I am embarrased to admit that a sewing machine is something I won't "make do with the not-so-new." I inherited my great-grandmother's and I will always treasure it and keep it, but it's stuck on zig-zag, and there just aren't that many things I want to applique. To fix it would cost more than it's worth, and my brand new Husqvarna will do anything I tell it to. Its hefty price tag pretty much guarantees that it won't pay for itself any time soon, but it is the ONE thing I allow myself to splurge on. I make purses and baby clothes for a hobby and a small (very small) business, but if I were just a dabbler, there is no way I would have spent so much on a machine. Now my serger was an amazingly lucky find from a garage sale. A $1500 machine for $25? Yes please. So if I average the two machines, I've still come out ahead, right?dani'https://www.blogger.com/profile/07154322959402918450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681345169052205157.post-42681308153618325692009-06-07T20:11:03.239-05:002009-06-07T20:11:03.239-05:00I touched on this topic in my blog a few months ag...I touched on this topic in my blog a few months ago...not on sewing specifically, but on the many other skills that have been lost; gardening, simple woodworking, DIY, cooking, baking, canning. I shudder to think how we'd afford to eat had I not learned how to garden, can and cook from scratch, all at the elbows of my mom and grandma. There are so many folks in a real 'pickle' now that the economy is in a turn down, gas and food prices are up...if they had only learned how to grow a tomato, fix a leaky pipe or hem a dress instead of spending their days at the pool and watching MTV.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662745930080756613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681345169052205157.post-68250351926269361262009-06-05T12:19:29.130-05:002009-06-05T12:19:29.130-05:00I have to agree with you so many of the "Arts...I have to agree with you so many of the "Arts of yesterday" are being lost! We were never alloweed to "just watch TV" (after we got one!) we were always knitting, crocheting, macrame, needlepoint or sewing. Mom even made us learn how to Darn! Some time of handwork. I was nothing to try and watch a program with someones bottom in your way a they were on the floor pinning a quilt! I am ever grateful for that rule, for many years on my own it was a sourse of survival!Katididshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15568618127371786808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681345169052205157.post-53121111702481168052009-06-05T11:17:48.319-05:002009-06-05T11:17:48.319-05:00My sentiments exactly. I learned to sew when I was...My sentiments exactly. I learned to sew when I was 12 (when patterns seemed to have more instructions), and now I'm sewing for my granddaughters. As a sculptor, I am amazed at how I draw from my sewing construction experiences. My husband is amazed that I have an eye for 5/8" (the width of a seam allowance)!Cathi/Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01752420110706049324noreply@blogger.com