learning to sew necessary???

fineartsmajormom
Tue, 27 Sep 2011 09:45:37 +0000

my son does not want to be a fashion designer but as a fine arts student has done his fair share of sewing (mainly by hand but I think he can work a machine) for costumes in theatre, science (make a parachute!), and for soft sculpture. My mother made me learn since she made a lot of clothes for us and all the women in the family sewed…I was/am awful. Scared of the machine. Still…if I have to hem something I can do it…I send anything that needs an invisible zipper to my mother or pay big bucks to take to a tailor/seamstress. I think Bears is right…try it now because it is likely she will need to do some of this sometime and good to have the confidence that you at least know the basics.