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graham[_4_]

On 24/07/2015 1:10 PM, Janet wrote:
> In article >, says...
>>
>> On 24/07/2015 7:07 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> On Friday, July 24, 2015 at 8:32:22 AM UTC-4, Xeno wrote:
>>>
>>>> We have a sewing machine here but last time I used it I broke it. I've
>>>> been banned! Given my sewing ability, this is not a bad thing.
>>>
>>> It's a power tool! Any man should be able to use
>>> a sewing machine (and any woman, too).
>>>
>>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>
>>
>> My mother and her sisters taught me to sew (and even darn socks!) so I
>> tackle minor repairs by hand. However, I would use a sewing machine
>> much, much more infrequently than my other power tools so I haven't
>> bought one.
>> Graham
>
>
> I let my husband use mine. His tailor grandmother taught him as a
> small boy, and as a boyscout, he designed and made his own tent. Now he
> mostly just mends his own trouserpockets. My sons all learned to knit
> for Action Man, and were taught machine sewing at High school and passed
> their " machine driving test" (obviously a teacher who knew how to
> motivate).
>
> My sewing machine was my mother's, it's a pre-WW2 electric Singer,
> still going strong at 70+. (I'm in the middle of making curtains with it
> atm.). However, its sturdy capabilities are very plain (doesn't even
> reverse) and having tried my friend's modern machine I'm greeneyed about
> the scores of different stitches at the push of a button, etc.
>
> Janet UK
>
My ex was a dab hand on the sewing machine, like most women of her
generation and education, and I suppose there was a division of labour.
I made toys and furniture for the kids and she made their clothes when
they were young.
Graham

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