Posted on 12/11/2019 2:36:46 PM PST by Morgana
“There will be a price to pay cuz a big chunk of Americans choose to be clueless.“
Our country cannot provide its own fabric, clothing, carpet, shoes, cars, electronics, medicines, toys, tools, appliances...
The payment is looming. Our national debt grows and grows, S.S. strains, Medicare and Medicaid strain. The trade imbalance with China is large.
Ping for my wife.
We made chicken dumplings and fed probably 50. My friend and I were probably better cooks at 14 than our teacher. We upset her when we wanted to make a cheese and potato souffle. We finally got permission and it was wonderful.
You can see the patterns’ front cover, but the pieces and pattern guide are not part of the deal.
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Each time I revisit Jo Ann the fabric section grows smaller. Most often more expensive to sew an item than to merely buy it. Quilting, though, continues to be popular.
Like Diogenes Lamp, I also surf the thrift shops for used clothing. I repurpose the fabric. I am an artist and find very interesting fabric for my still life paintings.
I didn’t know them very well since we didn’t see them very often so have never personally seen any of her stuff. I do remember her talking about them taking forever and a lot of work to make. All those sequins, etc. were hand sewn back in the day.
It was. I went trick or treating with my kids, and a lot of people were very impressed. I had even learned to mimic some of Beetlejuice’s lines. :)
I've noticed the same thing about the fabric section. Lots of stuff is gone that used to be there years ago. You can special order it, but that's more hassle.
Like Diogenes Lamp, I also surf the thrift shops for used clothing. I repurpose the fabric.
My son likes to go to parties and events dressed up in "Steam Punk" style, and sometimes Western style, and he finds a lot of things he modifies to wear at thrift stores. It's a great source of material.
I am an artist and find very interesting fabric for my still life paintings.
Pardon my ignorance, but what do you do with the fabrics? Are you using them like a canvas?
I can only imagine. Way beyond anything I would attempt to do. Most complicated thing I ever did was a "Sexy Pirate" dress. Lots of lacy stuff and other material that was difficult to work with.
Turned out well though. I used pictures of a commercially available costume as my guide, and I think mine turned out better.
That year I did also "Captain Jack Sparrow" costume, a Gandolf costume, a Hermione Granger costume, and a Harry Potter costume. We had loads of fun with them.
I hate sewing. My grandmother taught me how on her treadle White sewing machine. I helped her make quilts. Then she and my mother taught me how to use Simplicity patterns and make clothing. I just always hated it. I have a Singer from I think 1952 in a nice cabinet that belonged to my mother. I use it for repairing some clothing occasionally and if I need to make cushion covers for our boat. I used it the other day to hem some drapes for our she shed/office/kids ps4 room. I just don’t like it.
I can understand that. I've had many a sore back from cutting cloth according to a pattern and bending over a sewing machine while stitching them together and it can get tedious.
Of course i've never tried to make actual clothes, and I can only imagine it is more difficult and requires much more attention to detail.
I've never tried to use a treadle machine. That would be interesting. :)
I use them as backdrops or as tablecloths to place still life items. I have a shelf filled to overflowing with beautiful fabrics that cost almost nothing. My favorites are the cashmere shawls that cost a mere 2 or 3 dollars.
My brother still has that treadle machine. He had the cabinet refinished and it sits in his living room. As far as I know it hasn’t been used since many years before my grandmother died in 1982.
“My grandmother taught me how on her treadle White sewing machine.”
I forgot about my Grandmother’s treadle machine. Thanks for it bringing up!
The women in my family were really into needle work.
I had a great aunt that had a knitting and crocheting school in Chicago, another aunt who taught me cross-stitch and Swedish weaving (https://www.pinterest.com/joanmary/swedish-weaving/ ) and my Grandma taught be how to tat. (make lace.)
Spent most my childhood around needles and thread when I wasn’t climbing trees, hunting for snakes or fighting with my brothers!
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