Picture of the "sewing soldier."
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I wish home ec was still being taught everywhere. Cooking, sewing, shopping, budgeting are good and vital life skills.
Shop classes are going by the wayside also. SMH.
I don't understand why kids aren't learning these things at school anymore even though they should be taught at home as well...
We were taught to make a "twirly" skirt without a pattern. I worked so hard on that skirt, and I was elated when I finished. I snipped the last little thread, and oh,oh, I cut a V shape hole in the skirt! At that time I had no idea what to do with it. Now I realize all I had to do was sew a tiny seam over the hole as the skirt had lots of material as we always wore crinolines underneath. ~~sheepish smile~~~
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My DH has been sewing since he needed to sew a tear in his summer shorts at the age of 7. He really got into. Then his father caught him pressing some material and said he was to never touch an iron again. He didn't when his father was home.
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Whenever I had a male customer,(especially a young one) who expressed some doubt or reluctance to admit to sewing, I pointed out that it did wonderful things for people like Eddie Bauer, Calvin Klein, Ricky Tims, John Flynn. We had a saying in the 60's "Different strokes for different folks". In the 21st century it seems we should have developed more awareness and acceptance of our differences.
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