There is certainly a long list of things I don’t enjoy doing. A few of them come to mind. Walking in this bitter cold weather is one of them for sure. It’s hard to enjoy walking when it feels like your eyeballs are freezing. The one that I’m currently thinking about is hemming pants that are too long. My MIL gave me 5 pairs of pants to hem for her that are too long. Of course it’s not the easy kind of hemming. It’s the kind that you have to cut a hunk off and then hem them. I know that it’s not that difficult of a task and I did one pair yesterday. To boot these pants are made of a knit fabric. I don’t enjoy working with knits. At any rate I will grit my teeth and do these hems. But a question that comes to mind while I’m working on them is why not buy shorter pants? I’m cutting off a piece that is 2 1/2 inches and making a hem that is 1 inch. So that’s 3 1/2 inches. So instead of regular length why not buy short length? Today I must put music on to pass the time while I hem.
On a more exciting note my daughter wants me to teach her how to sew clothing. I haven’t made anything for a long time in that arena, but I sewed clothing for decades. I did a lot of sewing back when patterns and fabric were inexpensive and clothing was expensive. I made most of my clothes. She wants to learn to sew because she wants clothes made of natural fabrics rather than the plastics that are in all the synthetic fabrics on the market. She wants skirts made of cotton rather than polyester. I have looked at patterns online and find that the number of patterns available through the traditional fabric companies like Butterick, Simplicity, or McCalls is a lot less than when I sewed. I just hope I can remember how to put in a zipper!
Here’s a photo of my two demented Santas. The one I got for Christmas is the taller one. Now my Santa has an older taller brother!
What activities do you hate doing?
Thanks for reading.
Chris
I guess one thing I really hate doing is alterations, whether it be on something store bought or a pattern to make something for myself. I was never any good at it and I haven't sewed clothing for probably decades even though I still have some fabrics I meant to make up into summer dresses and a casual jacket. When a favorite pair of pajama bottoms wore out not long ago, I decided I had some fabric that would work, just needed a pattern. So there I was, looking through those pattern books like I did so long ago and stunned at how expensive even the simplest pattern was. I bought one but still haven't gotten up the gumption to cut it out and sew it up. Good luck with teaching your daughter and good for her for wanting to get away from all the synthetics. As for quilting activities I hate doing, I'm putting off putting a sleeve on the Peace quilt because I really do dislike that bit of hand sewing on the back of a quilt. I've tried different methods to get around it but nothing really works like a properly constructed sleeve hand sewn on.
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