tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542082340697892471.post2490868295401396949..comments2023-12-18T01:58:53.161-08:00Comments on a little gray: So I was in the news for participating in this bizarre new trend called sewingJessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00319475616379571657noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542082340697892471.post-33740488460194701362011-08-06T21:52:48.684-07:002011-08-06T21:52:48.684-07:00Oh that has me giggling. I guess I'm an old fa...Oh that has me giggling. I guess I'm an old fart. Really, though among my friends I am the lone wolf. I am the only one that really sews. I mean more than a fixed hem or re-attach a button. Since my daughter got her first sewing machine at 6 I guess she is the future old fart!<br /><br />Sure wish the store in Cinci was there when we lived there. I was in sewing hibernation back then. Maybe this store would have brought me out of my shell.Saschahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11764868375350676901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542082340697892471.post-87003635656637060682011-08-06T10:11:49.312-07:002011-08-06T10:11:49.312-07:00Ok, I'm laughing too at the perspective of tha...Ok, I'm laughing too at the perspective of that news-piece that sewing is so unusual. Most people my age (youngish, I guess) are totally interested when they here I sew and either share that they've done a little or that they wish they could. Something along those lines. No one thinks it's Grandma. Now, making quilts... that people often don't know what to make of.Rachel at Stitched in Colorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08187626491695441387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542082340697892471.post-27605383721949765912011-08-04T19:46:22.324-07:002011-08-04T19:46:22.324-07:00Nice segment! What a fun little shop!!Nice segment! What a fun little shop!!Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13176881247438721622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542082340697892471.post-92074586584720865682011-08-04T12:14:44.521-07:002011-08-04T12:14:44.521-07:00Found you from fresh lemons
Yer funny! I likey!Found you from fresh lemons<br />Yer funny! I likey!oversewn (Raven)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10844600500900801461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542082340697892471.post-91385222433337185172011-08-04T09:37:38.775-07:002011-08-04T09:37:38.775-07:00Sewing being "great thing" in this econo...Sewing being "great thing" in this economy? So not my experience. The cost of material and supplies typically ends up being equivalent to the cost of a brand-new garment for me. That's not counting the cost of my time. The difference is the quality and the fit. I can make myself something exactly how I want it to be.<br /><br />The article really did make it seem like sewing is a skill revived - as if it's been dead for decades or generations. Not so. It's just the internets have made quality goods and independent and vintage patterns much more accessible to me. I was never much inspired by the JoAnn's variety of fabrics and the majority of patterns available through Butterick, etc. So, dead? No. Given a new life? Yes.Janellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11092893864737058248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542082340697892471.post-1668005376739369232011-08-04T08:10:00.507-07:002011-08-04T08:10:00.507-07:00Congratulations on your small-time "fame!&quo...Congratulations on your small-time "fame!" ;)<br /><br />I agree with Krista. My job is full of me doing things that don't produce a tangible result - I really feel like, at the end of the day, I've just pushed paperwork around in circles for eight hours! <br /><br />With sewing and quilting, though, I can sit for an hour and say "Hey! Look! A pair of shorts!" or whatever project I happened to have been working on. I recently gave my first finished quilt to a co-worker, whose wife is having their first little girl soon - the first words out of his mouth were "You didn't have to get anything..." and mine were "Um, I made it..." I was so happy and proud to be able to say that... I think it's worth of a news story! :)stephmabryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14029980354437797232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542082340697892471.post-16361755070130643852011-08-04T06:20:11.676-07:002011-08-04T06:20:11.676-07:00I love this post. I work in a newsroom and could s...I love this post. I work in a newsroom and could see this same story being assigned. I do think there is something "new" going on. I mean, yes, people have always sewn, but I think you hit the nail on the head -- for a long while now, a lot of people have been sucked into technology and all the staring at screens that comes with it. I think people are a little desperate to get their hands dirty and actually make something tangible and touchable again. I know that's true for me!Kristahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11705922505565492945noreply@blogger.com