On Sat, 17 Sep 2016 03:56:43 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Friday, September 16, 2016 at 10:16:17 PM UTC-4, W wrote:
>
>> I know nothing about sewing and I would really rather keep it that way
>
>Bah. It's just another power tool. My husband owned a sewing machine
>when we met. I can use a sliding compound miter saw--why can't you use
>a sewing machine?
>
>Cindy Hamilton

Early part of the last century my father went to sea as a boy and
earned extra money darning socks and doing mending, his mother had
taught him to assist her busy life and he always said she taught him
skills that were every bit as useful as those he was learning as a
sailor. I don't understand why some men perceive these skills as
purely 'feminine'