No, it's not like the Mary Poppin's bag

[Ironclad Alibi]

For those of us who remember REAL sewing machines.

I once made a shirt on a treadle sewing machine I got from my Grandmother. Sometimes I wish I still had it. It could sew the heavy stuff modern sewing machines balk at.

[morgana]

Sadly, I've got a fear of sewing machines, seeing as when I was a kid I kinda repeatedly stabbed myself with one after mom left it on to use the bathroom.

Did this once. Sewing along, happy-dappy, and got my thumb in the way of the needle. Good, sturday machine, that one.

Fortunately the toolkit for it was close by, so I could reach the screwdriver to release the needle from the machine.

Then I had to go to the garage to get a pair of pliers to get the needle out of my thumbnail.

Then I had to run the cold water a long time to get it to stop bleeding.

Then I had to show it to my husband.

He fainted.

[Sheldonrs]

For those of us who remember REAL sewing machines

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=999ph8iRT4o

[XCashier]

Oh wow, I can't believe this post was used in the strip. That makes me so happy. And I love being drawn as a hot guy with an eyebrow ring.

The customer in the comic is a lot more polite. And I still think the funniest bit was when she was demanding to know where she'd buy fabric, while she was standing inside a fabric store!!!

[flutes_and_fabric]

Oh wow, I can't believe this post was used in the strip. That makes me so happy. And I love being drawn as a hot guy with an eyebrow ring.
http://www.customerssuck.com/strip/i...ate=2009-06-07
didn't hyperlink cause I'm on my iPod and can't paste and I'm too lazy to type all that, but not too lazy to type the really long almost but not really run on sentence.

[Hyena Dandy]

I've always wanted to sew... Sadly, I've got a fear of sewing machines, seeing as when I was a kid I kinda repeatedly stabbed myself with one after mom left it on to use the bathroom.

Nice going, HD. You're a dandy and you can't sew.

[Seshat]

Thank you!

[Flying Grype]

Scarves are the disabled woman's bib.

It can be a bib or a shield... and it's reversable! Clever.

[Seshat]

Scarves are the disabled woman's bib.

[Flying Grype]

My grandmother would always add lace to the fronts of her shirts when she spilled coffee on them. And she'd just replace the lace when she did it again.

I'm a goth because it covers up the fact that I'm a slob... coffee doesn't show on a black shirt.

[Andara Bledin]

And didn't that second woman know that it's in many ways harder to get something simple to look good? I like being able to hide my mistakes under trim...

My grandmother would always add lace to the fronts of her shirts when she spilled coffee on them. And she'd just replace the lace when she did it again.

^-.-^

[Flying Grype]

Mary (my friend) is just a homemaker - it shouldn't be rocket science.

Mmm... I started drooling at the thought of the karma that was going to come from that sentence. I was right.

[Magpie]

I love making clothes...i hand-sewed a beautiful medieval dress once and someone didn't believe that i hand-sewed it because it looked more perfect than machine stitching...the reason? it's easier to undo one stitch than rip an entire seam to re-do it. One bitch i knew actually passively-aggressively insulted me by saying that it was a 'simple' dress....while it wasn't terribly complicated it was still insulting by the way she said it...it didn't look like it belonged on a peasant, that's for sure...

But... but... but... the only reason I'm hand-sewing my outfit is to get it to look right. A machine sewn seam looks NOTHING like a hand sewn one... And that's without the fact that you use different kinds of seams. I'd be machine hemming all my pieces if it didn't entirely defeat the purpose of using a period seaming technique. *brain hurts*

And didn't that second woman know that it's in many ways harder to get something simple to look good? I like being able to hide my mistakes under trim... (I always compliment the people just wearing petticoat bodies, because you really have to CARE to bother making those, people who don't care always go for something fancy because it's prettier).

[Jester]

I don't sew. I also know it's not easy to do, because I had to take a home ec type class in junior high, part of which was sewing. I was able to complete the projects, but painstakingly slowly. Why? Because, frankly, I am neither good at it, nor very interested in it.

That is not to say I don't respect and admire people who are interested in it and can do it. It's just not one of my talents. I'll stick to the kitchen and the stage and the bar, the areas I have my most strengths in.

As for the finger snapper....oh, there's rude, and then there's the finger snap. Ya know, it's been a long time since someone has had the gall to do that to me at my job, other than people joking around with it. Methinks I am due for someone to do that to me. Of course, that would be a HUGE mistake on their part........

[XCashier]

Only time i've ever argued was when the bolt was marked $x.xx per PANEL. It was a fleece blanket panel. The lady insisted on charging the $x.xx price, per yard. the panel was almost two yards. She kept insisting that even though it said per panel, the price was actually per yard... i gave up arguing, because i really wanted the material to make a simple tie blanket for my husband.

It still rather pisses me off... i never went back to that store.

I don't blame you for that. I've seen some panels that are maybe 5/8 yard, some that are nearly 2 yards, but I know panels when I see them.

I've also discovered the handheld won't let me sell someone a length of two panels. I have to punch one panel in twice. Go figure.