I actually like sewing although I suspect I like the idea of sewing, or the wishful thinking that I might someday be able to sew like the people I admire can sew. I will never forget watching Louise of Woodsholme throw a piece of paper on the floor, mark it up, put it on fabric and voila! a perfectly fitted garment! It was scary (in a good way)
I definitely like decorating stuff - sewing trim, beading, jeweling. I appreciate the importance of finishing edges and seams and hems, but on the kind of stuff we make, those hems seem to go on FOREVER. I like doing hats, collars 'n cuffs, little stuff. That way I have global control over an inanimate object and the joy of (relatively) instant gratification.
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Date: 2009-03-12 01:01 pm (UTC)I definitely like decorating stuff - sewing trim, beading, jeweling. I appreciate the importance of finishing edges and seams and hems, but on the kind of stuff we make, those hems seem to go on FOREVER. I like doing hats, collars 'n cuffs, little stuff. That way I have global control over an inanimate object and the joy of (relatively) instant gratification.