The mind of a sewer.

I wore my new hakama to kendo class last night, and my kendo sensei thought it was just the ginchiest. Our "normal" uniform, however is a dark blue hakama with a dark blue kimono. At lest pretty close to that.

My "normal" hakama is made from denim, that I made a few months ago, the kind like you would make jeans from. My sensei's is a fairly heavy dark blue material, but I don't think it is denim, and the other student's hakamas are purchased ones that are black, but much lighter weight than either mine or sensei's.

The keikogi, or kimono, that I made, is a lighter weight, but the same color as my hakama. The rest of the class uses a keikogi that is made of dark blue double weave material. It is much like a judo gi, if anyone is familiar with that.

Well, anyway, our standard uniform is "dark", sort of like this:

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When I was changing into my new white hakama, though one of the other stuents that was in the changing room at the time said something like "Oh, that is a hakama, I could not figure out what it was at first, did you make that one too," to which I replied some thing like "yes, of course." He knew that I made my "standard," dark one as well.

He then said some thing like, why didn't you make it dark like our standard uniform. I replied "what would be the point of that, I already have a 'dark' one."

A few weeks back, when I was changing into my standard, "dark", uniform, another student discussed how much money I might have saved. I might have, especially for a heavyweight, high-quality hakama like I made.

Well, I didn't make either uniform because I needed one, it would be much easier and faster to simply purchase one:

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I didn't make one to save money, either, though I might have. The heavyweight uniforms on the page I just referenced are over $100, with at some of them probably over $200 when shipping is added in. I think that the first one I made was probably about $60 ($20 for the pattern, $40 for the material-4 yds * 10/yd), add in the price of the keikogi, and the price was probably comparable to the lightweight uniform on the page cited.

The white uniform I made was probably about $30 (I already had the pattern, $20 for the material -4 yds * 10/yd, but it turned out to be half off when I got to the checkout stand, and about $10 for the quilt binding that I used to make the stripes). The white unifoms on the page cited are almost $150, perhaps more, when shipping is added in.

I made the first one, because the hakama it was a pattern I wanted to try, not to save money or because I needed one. I made the second one because I wanted to see how it would look if I used a different material.

Also, as I made the first one, I followed the instructions almost exactly as written, in the order that they were written, but along the way, I thought "I could do this this other way" or "It would make more sense to me if I did this step before this step." In the second one, I made these changes.

After all this babbling, I guess my point is that a non-sewer will never truly understand the mind and motivations of a sewer.

Brian Christiansen

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Brian Christiansen
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Nope, they won't. However, at least your classmate was trying to relate.

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Michelle C

Brian's post brings back some funny memories of my dear little mother. When someone said: Did you make that? She heard: I bet it was pretty cheap and I have more important things to do with my time.

When someone saw a landscape she had painted and said: Did you paint that? She heard: I could get a better one at the junk dealer for $ 1.29 .

When someone said: You are so talented. She heard: Why don't you make one for me while I have someone peel me some grapes?

Brian is quite right. He concluded < I guess my point is that a non-sewer will never truly understand the mind and motivations of a sewer.>

There are some, Brian, who can not comprehend creativity. We can't kill them all. We will try to treat them with compassion and not take offense at their handicap. Now. Please. Don't call us sewers. We know what's in the sewer. Polly

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Polly Esther

Why is it that when I see the word "sewer" -- I think of the nasty stuff that goes down the drain....

Instead of the talented people who work with fabric and thread?

Am I the only one??

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Kate G.

I guess when I originally posted this, that had not occurred to me, but I am not what sure what word to use:

Sewist - that just has the feel of a made-up word to me.

Seamstress - perhaps most of the people on this list, but not me and perhaps a few others on this list.

Seamster - sounds like I should be unloading freighters down at the docks.

Tailor, Fabric Artist - I certainly would not give myself either of those titles.

Brian Christiansen

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Brian Christiansen

me too....I thought the post was going to be about someone having a dirty mind! I've seen the word "sewist" used in place of sewer....but it just seems a little....I don't know...contrived. And seamstress or tailor usually doesn't fill the bill either. Sewing machine operator?? stitch technician?

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KJ

Fabric slinger? thread wrangler? Textile geek? Stitcher?

Stichest sounds like a brand of stapler.

NightMist

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NightMist

Get wordy. Use the whole phrase 'a person who sews'.

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Karen, Queen of Squishies

I prefer seamster. (Maybe unloading freighters develops the same muscles as wrangling big quilts.) Roberta in D

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Roberta Zollner

well... I thought the original post was a about a mind in the sewer (much like one in the gutter) lol. So I am glad I am not the only one... I had to read all the way to end to figure it had nothing to do with sewers (icky pipes) and everything to do with sewers (people who sew) lol btw I love the uniforms. I have three children involved in Martail arts myself. That is very cool what you have created.

Carissa

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Carissa

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Taria

Nope. I do, too. Maybe it's because I grew up using "seamstress" instead of "sewer" for someone who sews -- there weren't very many men sewing then, though tailors certainly existed.

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Sandy

Well, I just asked DH "What do you call someone who sews?"

His answer: "talented".

So I explained to him the difficulty presented here, and he suggested being more specific as in "quilter", "seamstress", "taylor", etc. So I said "what if they sew a little of everything?"

His answer: "multi-talented"

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Marigold

Marilyn, your husband is a gem!! Well Said!!

i think i prefer: Quilter. Explains it all.. but for garments: Tailor. And if you design your own clothing: Designer.

amy in CNY

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amy in CNY

Sounds like a smart man to me. Haha You are lucky.

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Jane Zoerb

My problem with the term "seamstress" is that Terry Pratchett has hijacked it for "ladies of negotiable affection" in his Discworld novels. IIRC only one of them sews!

Lizzy

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Lizzy Taylor

Maybe it is time to 'hijack' a word from another language! German? Italian? French? We already use Kindergarten, Espresso, and déjà vu! So, why not borrow another word?

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Pat in Virginia

Howdy!

Stitcher: make, mend or join (something) w/ stitches.

Quilter- same as above and then some! ;-D

R/Sandy

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Sandy Ellison

Some list I was on recommended "sewist" instead of "sewer". There was a low of talk about a "sewer" looking too much like drain.

Jane in NE Ohio

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Jane Kay

On Thu, 29 May 2008 18:49:54 -0400, Jane Kay wrote (in article ):

Needle Crafter (s) or Quilt Crafter (s) sounds nice

Lee

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Park Ridge, NJ

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Lee

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