If you sew, here's some sage advice from the 1949 Singer Sewing Manuel!

[Kennah]

120. That's the thing I love about my little local sewing studio

I'm away from home, so I don't have to worry about the wife or the kids.

Found the place almost 2 years ago. My genius plan was that I would take the Sewing 101 class, learn some basics, and the wife would then take up the repairs and maintenance sewing I asked her about to one up me. My plan didn't quite work out.

Instead, I found that I rather enjoyed sewing. It is antithetical to my professional work as an application developer. Sewing is artistic and physical. There's a piece of material before you, and you don't get to screw up. Once you cut, if it's wrong, you have to start over or figure out something else.

Sewed a buttonhole last night for my 4 year old's pants. That was WAY cool. Buttonhole jig is a piece of plastic, but it's freakin' magic on a machine that can do a buttonhole stitch. Actually turned out looking pretty good, and works great.

Have a crocheted baby comforter that my Mother In Law made for our oldest. There's a rip through it, and I want to repair it. They have a knitting/crocheting group that meets Tuesdays. Got a field trip this week to find color matched yarn.