WOT: Great kids

No. I use much the same philosophy there. I sew for function. I like to make clothes because I can make things very comfortable the way I like them, not the way the magazines and TV, etc., say they should be. I also like to take shortcuts. I am not good with fiddly things.

Oh! Cut!!! How sharp thy tongue!!! I would be bleeding here, had I not been so sure that I have earned respect due to my advanced age, experience, and excellent judgment in matters of import.

;-þ

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And we're not that shape anyway :-)

Thank goodness!

Mary

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No, thy respect is earned because of thy wisdom, which inevitabely comes with age.

Oh what joy to sit in a corner and have people come and pay respects and ask advice and ...

.. well, we can dream :-)

Mary

Oh, I'm so glad! I sew for fun and function. since my granddaughter consider me the Sewing Machine Queen, nothing much else matters. I try for a credible job but no longer let my need for perfection get in the way.It use to take me for ever to complete anything, but have learned that most of what I considered substandard is a lot better than anything I've ever bought in RTW. Juno

I always say that if my children turn out as improved over how they were raised as I did, they will be outstandingly phenomenal people.

My youngest is filling the bill. My 3rd is coming within sight of the goal. My oldest is a special needs child and my expectations for him are a little lower than the rest, because he just doesn't get it half the time. And my 2nd is going through a construction site right now, and if she doesn't pick up nails in her tires or anything that will ruin her, she will come out okay on the other side.

Well, I think my sister has always thought, even at child-type ages, that her being 15 months older makes her the elder by far, whereas my parents always said they considered us basically equals.

A person after my own heart. Don't care anywhere near as much for the process as I do for the finished result.

Ditto. People are always astonished when they see me in something new, and then say "But you LIKE to sew, don't you?" and I swiftly reply "No, I just like the results." As far as I am concerned, it is another household chore, like cooking delicious, elegant meals which cater to dh's diabetes and keep his glucose level exactly where the doc wants it while allowing him to "eat like a king".

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

...and your superior intellect and fabulous looks? ;->

Beverly

We are very, very good at that!

Yeah! That, too! How could I have forgotten? I hope that's not a baby crying....... *phew* No, it's the cat.

I have heard twins talking about which one's the elder, and why that means they get to pick first. ;-)

The hardest part is watching them re-invent the wheel. Go through all the rites of passage on their own, unable or unwilling to take counsel from those of us who have BTDT long ago. Just like we did.

Indeed! Some of those people look scary! One of the judges on Design Star on HGTV (ok, I'm a sucker, I watch) - the fashion designer - looks like a refugee. Poor woman. I want to feed her. LOL!

When I aimed for perfection, nothing ever met my standards. I'd work and work and throw it away in a fit of pique. It's no good! But now, I can live with a crooked seam - or a pucker - it's not like anything is all that fitted anymore, I wouldn't dare fit to this lumpy person, and besides, it wouldn't be comfy!

Sewing for fun! That's a much better idea!

There is that. Few parts of the process are all that entertaining. I think that's why I like to treadle -- it gives me something to do while I wait for the seam to be done.

ROTFLMAO!