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#11
I used to make custom wedding gowns, formal wear and costumes. People would constantly ask me to mend stuff. Zippers in jeans was the most common asked for item. They would ask what to do, my reply was "throw them out, buy new ones and get the proper size so your belly doesn't bust your zipper". The other one was, people would bring me formal dresses that had already been worn and say they would wait to dry clean it AFTER I altered it. Really, you want me to work on your dirty clothes? Then they would be surprised when I said it must be cleaned before I touch anything. I hem and do alterations, BUT only if I want to. Which lately has been none.
my new motto: My machine, My time, My decision.
my new motto: My machine, My time, My decision.
#13
People are gross!! Why would I touch you dirty armpits or crotch! Had a lady bring me a black dress, armpit area covered with deodorant, makeup around the neckline. She wanted the neckline lowered and the sides taken in under the arm. I told her it had to be cleaned before I would work on it. She asked why, since that area was all going to be removed when I altered it! All I could do was look at her with a stunned look on my face. I put it back in the bag and handed it to her. I was very stern when I told her that I would absolutely not work on dirty clothing for health reasons. She huffed as she left saying she was not dirty, told her to stick her nose in the armpit of her dress and take a long whiff. She took it to the local dry cleaner to have it altered, he told her the same thing. But he offered to clean it for her at a reduced cost before he would alter it.
#14
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I thought I was the only one who had that situation. I have them marked and sometime I will get to them, after this block or that binding or. . . .
#15
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Mending is definitely not like sewing in my mind either. That said, hemming doesn't bother me in the least. Guess I've just learned to deal with it over the years being a 'vertically challenged' person. The mending that gets me is when DH asks me to make fabric out of thin air. He'll hand me a pair of pants or shirt that has a hole somewhere and asks me to 'fix' it. Really??? I look at the garment, then look at him and tell him the way to fix that is toss it in the garbage and buy a new one!
#16
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Location: Louisville, KY
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Mending and hemming are quite different than quilting!
I can sew on a button, which I do often for my husband. But hemming? No way. I've messed up plenty of my own pants to know not to do that anymore.
I can sew on a button, which I do often for my husband. But hemming? No way. I've messed up plenty of my own pants to know not to do that anymore.
#17
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Join Date: Oct 2011
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I did alterations many years on designer clothes. It was exacting, tiring and often boring but it got us through the rough times. Now I make quilts but I mend. I also make a vest or garment requested by my children. It all needs doing.
#19
I hem my hubby's pants and am glad to do it! He is so darned good to me and hardly ever asks me to do anything. He can buy pants on sale at JCP. but they are always a couple of inches too long. I am so blessed to have this man. We have been married over sixty-one years and he just keeps getting better.
#20
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Pflugerville, TX
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I HATE hemming and will stall forever and ever. A year or more ago my DH and I went to WM and he bought a Singer so HE could hem his own pants LOL I still had to do them but the thought was there. He does hand sew as in darning. I can not darn to save my soul. He learned to sew by hand in the Army. He puts his own buttons on etc.
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