learn to sew, dammit!!!

whilst sewing up a pair of slit sleeves on an old duster/sweater (you know, the 1s that were in style in 2000?), i had a thought...  when the boy gets a little older, say 7 or 8, i'm gonna teach him how to work a needle & thread.  oh yes, i can already hear the laughter.  that's ok.  yuck it up.  i'm about to put you in your place.

i don't know why it is that certain tasks are seen as for men & others are seen to be strictly for women.  now, if you're pregnant & about to give birth, then yes, i'd say let a woman handle that.  but things like changing a light bulb?  shit, if you have a brain & a fresh light bulb, change it!  or laundry.  men wear clothes & grime them up just like the women folk, rt?  then a man better be able to turn the knob on a washing machine & dump in some detergent just like a woman.  or cooking.  don't we all need to eat?  yeah, you better get in the kitchen & learn to make a sandwich, instant ramen noodles, or some scrambled eggs, or you starve.  if the zombie apocalypse were to happen tomorrow a pesky spider were on the wall, would you wait on a man to handle it?  you better get a shotgun/an ax/ bludgeoning device shoe & take care of business, ma'am.

all these things make a person self-sufficient.  i cannot STAND a person who plays helpless & will stand aside to let some1 else do what they could do themselves.  i also cannot STAND a person who thinks they're too good to do something & will let who they think is a 'lesser person' do it for them.  not cool.

sewing is the same thing.  i'm not talking about making patterns & selecting fabrics & making a whole outfit.  no no.  basic sewing; simple stuff.  if you have a button pop off a dress shirt, it doesn't take but a min to sew that sucker back on & be done w/.  what's the alternative?  take it to the cleaners & have them do it for $5?  or buy another shirt for $20-50???  really?

at my day job, i encounter so many ladies who admit they don't know how to sew & quite a few will almost proudly say they DON'T sew.  but they are more than happy to let their own mothers do the sewing.  not knowing how is 1 thing, but not even attempting to learn is another.  & i just can't tell you how the latter group makes me feel ill.

the boy will be proficient in sewing (buttons or holes), cooking (breakfast foods because he LURVES him some breakfast),  & will take on zombies do his own laundry like a pro.  yes, he will be a self-sufficient man.  the lady he marries will be glad that they can BOTH do chores & keep the household running smoothly as a team.

give a man a fish, & he'll eat for a day.  teach him how to fish & he'll eat forever. 

i have such dreams & aspirations for him, don't i?

now excuse me.  i need to youtube some 'how to' videos on putting up your own fence...

when inspiration strikes

have no idea what came over me yesterday.  i was in a sewing/altering frenzy.  went thru the closet & grabbed a few things that i never wear (but had plans to) & went to work.

this was a dress i got a few yrs ago when i use to work at a practically defunct "department store".  it was on clearance for like $7 & i got an additional employee discount.  i LOVE the pattern of the cloth, how light weight it is.  but i'm a gal w/ hips, & the skirt part went straight down.  it did not work w/ my body type.  so...

modeling w/ my sternest "why you take pichure???!!!" look

& now it's a nice, flouncy shirt for spring.

& then i pulled this from the hubby's side of the closet.

i think this was during antone's gigilo/pimp phase that he decided just didn't quit fit w/ his comic book geek persona.  he hasn't worn it in yrs.  but i LOVE the lion design on the back.  i wanted this for myself.  so...

LURVE this design

hmm i might have to revisit this & take in the sides.  it's a little on the baggy side around the middle.  i promise you i am not this ponchy.