(poll will be up once I figure out how to create one!)
I’m not a particularly crafty person, and in an exchange with another person who I didn’t think was particularly crafty, she advised me in all seriousness to get out the sewing machine and make my own Halloween costume, after I complained about how tricky it was to find one.
I think what threw me was her unquestioned assumption that I would own a sewing machine, never mind that I’d know how to use one. Is it just me who doesn’t think a sewing machine is an essential household good?
I own one but I could no sooner make my own halloween costume than I could crochet a lemon meringue pie. I mean, I know how to sew, basically, and I use it predominantly for repairs, etc., but making clothes that look good is not easy! I use mine for curtains, pillowcases, and the repair thing. That alone has been worth the cost.
Yep. I suppose if the choice was to go naked, I could sew together something that was a better option, but it would be on par with calling a potato sack clothing.
Shortening table cloths, hemming a pair of pants, sewing a strap back on. That’s the kind of stuff I use a sewing machine for.
When our daughter was little, I would make her Easter dresses, and I’d make her Halloween costumes.
I just bought a new machine last year, as my old one was over 25 years old, and worn out. Nowadays, I only use this one for curtains, and clothing repair.
I have one, but I’m not sure where it’s stored. Or if it still works. If I had something to actually sew, and that couldn’t be hand sewn, I’d ask to borrow my daughter in law’s machine. It’s newer and on a shelf in the garage that I can clearly see.
(I once knew a woman whose son was four before he learned that the word for that machine wasn’t BITCH!. She was a dedicated seamstress.) ((I originally typed sewer, but that doesn’t look right.))
Yes, I own a New Home sewing machine and serger, purchased perhaps 15 years ago. I use them mainly for repairs and alterations. I’ve sewed simple curtains and pillow covers also.
Yes, I got one for my birthday a few years ago. It’s an electronic one called baby something. Unfortunately it is too complicated to thread the bottom part and now I think I broke it. I keep meaning to bring it in and get it repaired and learn how to load the small thread thing at the bottom.
But I did use it to hem things and sew basic things. I bought a lot of raw leather to make a sweater jacket. I had big plans for the machine. I was taught how to sew in middle school and by my mom.
I’m a lady and I don’t have one. My mom sews a lot, is quite talented at it, and we had multiple sewing machines in my house growing up - but I was not interested in learning how to use it, and still am not. I can stitch a button or strap back on by hand when necessary (but it rarely is). I don’t own curtains and I’ve never had a pillow case in need of repair…
I have a machine, it’s the Kenmore Mini Ultra 3/4 size… extremely simple. Handy for what I use it for, namely hems, extremely minor repair, and stitchery related to other crafts. I also lend it to my mom from time to time for quilting – it can’t be carried easily but you can schlep it on the subway no problem.
I have one - it was my mom’s, but I borrowed it, and she said to keep it. I barely know how to use it. When it comes to sewing, I’m best served by reattaching my own buttons and taking everything else to a pro.
I have one and I’m not afraid to use it! But sadly, I rarely do. If I had a place I could just leave it up (that isn’t the dining room table) I would probably use it more. Knitting, crocheting and cross-stitch are much more portable hobbies.
Well, other, I guess. I bought my daughter a sewing machine when she lived with me. Now she’s moved out, but lives in the same building as me. So she, and her machine, are just yards away and freely accessible.
I have my mom’s old sewing machine and the sewing machine table. I used to have aspirations to sew my own pajama pants or skirts, but then I realized I’m not that crafty.
One that I got when my Aunt updated hers and an antique (1930’s) one that still works, but I really just keep for the look of the thing, gold trim on black enamel.
I use the modern one for basic repairs & alterations, some craft work; applique, quilting smaller pieces, edgings etc.
I don’t have the patience to make whole garments regularly.
I don’t sew, but in 1996 or thereabouts I bought my mother a sewing machine and a serger for Mother’s Day. Mom died in 2006 and the machines came back to me. My sister-in-law sews, and I gave her the serger a few years back. I can’t bear to get rid of the sewing machine, though if my stepdaughter or one of my nieces ever took it up, I’d give it over.
I am female and do not own a sewing machine. Both my mother and mother-in-law do, and I used to work for a professional costumer/seamstress, so there are machines and those who know how to use them at my disposal. (I worked in the office of the costume shop; the extent of my costume-making experience extended to hand-sewing on jingle bells, buttons, and hook-and-eyes. They were working up to having me sew ID tags into undergarments when I left.)
