Do it Yourself: RE: [DIY] Sawing vs Sewing

02 January 2013

RE: [DIY] Sawing vs Sewing

Hear Hear.

Sometimes I find the drivel that is posted in this group to drive me to distraction. Of course men can sew and women use power tools.

Back in the days when i was a union master electrician one of the best and one of the worst apprentices that I ever had were women.

I have made dresses for my x girlfriend and made patterns so she could later make her own dresses, I also taught my nieces and daughters to knit

I am working with a friend who does social work on setting up a sewing class to teach young women to make there own clothes, incorporating lessons

in self esteem I am also an excellent cook.

So please lets get back to DIY

John

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Chmelik
Sent: Jan 1, 2013 10:16 PM
To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [DIY] Sawing vs Sewing

Ok, lets not be sexist here, women can use power tools and men can sew too, I haven't pulled out the sewing machine for anything but repairs in the last few years, but I did make my daughters prom gown, and I made a black, wool, lined with red wool, hooded cape for my wife for Christmas one year, among other things. If you can sew, you can build stuff, if you can build stuff you can learn to sew. Just my two cents

ck

From: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jan Flood
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 10:33 AM
To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [DIY] Sawing vs Sewing

Don't speak too quickly Dale, while I agree with you in general, there are still women who enjoy sewing for the pleasure in creating a quality original. Yes, the cost of fabric has gone up - yard goods? you're showing your age :) If you added up the cost of my machines vs my husbands...it's no contest as to who spends more, LOL. When I got married I bought my own sewing machine from Sears, bought a Viking 20 years later and a new one in '86 which I'm still using. I prefer doing needle work by hand and treasure the pieces that have been handed down from my grandmother. Today it's called Couture or Handmade rather than homemade but sewing is still alive; if you don't believe it hit a fabric shop on the day of a big sale! In fact, I fought the crowd at 6am on Black Friday to get a sewing machine for my 8yr old granddaughter for Christmas. I wanted it to be a surprise so told no one, wrapped and shipped it along with the family's gifts. My son sent a picture Christmas morning and said she got so excited they thought something had happened to her.

I would bet you derive a great deal of pleasure from building things and/or DIY; I doubt there are few things that give more satisfaction than creating something with your own two hands!

On Jan 1, 2013, at 8:45 AM, Dale S wrote:

Now that I recall those visions from the distant past, there are a lot of similarities. Women can't afford the yard goods anymore, and those who can don't need to make their own, so I guess that is just another in the long list of individual skills that are going by the wayside. Now it is machine embroidery and quilt making.