Comments on: Stupid! http://iocchelli.com/just-sew-it/2006/09/stupid/ Learn to sew Sat, 18 Dec 2010 23:03:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: bernadette http://iocchelli.com/just-sew-it/2006/09/stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-96 bernadette Fri, 22 Sep 2006 13:36:18 +0000 http://www.iocchelli.com/edmonton-seamstress/?p=237#comment-96 It's not just sewing stores. It's all of retail. Why? Because the wages are so low. (Thank Walmart and all the other discount big boxes for THAT! Also no labor unions to back the workers.) So, people who take the jobs either have no skills or do not respect the job, and maybe themselves, because of the low pay. Work ethic goes out the window when you feel you are unappreciated apparently. It’s not just sewing stores. It’s all of retail. Why? Because the wages are so low. (Thank Walmart and all the other discount big boxes for THAT! Also no labor unions to back the workers.) So, people who take the jobs either have no skills or do not respect the job, and maybe themselves, because of the low pay. Work ethic goes out the window when you feel you are unappreciated apparently.

]]> By: LNLisa http://iocchelli.com/just-sew-it/2006/09/stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-92 LNLisa Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:48:45 +0000 http://www.iocchelli.com/edmonton-seamstress/?p=237#comment-92 Hi, I like to take classes too, though they get expensive quickly. The advantage of taking a class is the immediacy of getting questions answered, and also the tips and techniques that a teacher might teach that are not in a book or pattern. I'm sorry that you're having bad luck with the classes that you signed up for. I wouldn't give up on taking classes though. One idea would be to ask around at the fabric shop or at a local bee or guild to find out what classes are popular. Hopefully, they're popular for a reason. I agree with Miriam though too. If you are interested in quilting, there is a lot you can teach yourself. Eleanor Burns has several good books, and her Log Cabin book is a classic. (The first large quilt that I finished was her log cabin.) Alex Anderson has some good books for beginners, and my personal favorites are a series of books with patterns for large baby quilts/children's quilts called Easy as ABC Baby Quilts. Good luck with your classes! Hi,

I like to take classes too, though they get expensive quickly. The advantage of taking a class is the immediacy of getting questions answered, and also the tips and techniques that a teacher might teach that are not in a book or pattern. I’m sorry that you’re having bad luck with the classes that you signed up for. I wouldn’t give up on taking classes though. One idea would be to ask around at the fabric shop or at a local bee or guild to find out what classes are popular. Hopefully, they’re popular for a reason. I agree with Miriam though too. If you are interested in quilting, there is a lot you can teach yourself. Eleanor Burns has several good books, and her Log Cabin book is a classic. (The first large quilt that I finished was her log cabin.) Alex Anderson has some good books for beginners, and my personal favorites are a series of books with patterns for large baby quilts/children’s quilts called Easy as ABC Baby Quilts.

Good luck with your classes!

]]> By: Miriam http://iocchelli.com/just-sew-it/2006/09/stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Miriam Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:57:09 +0000 http://www.iocchelli.com/edmonton-seamstress/?p=237#comment-91 my problem with my local sewing/quilting shop is that they are just so nasty! the dummy at my store was the quilting teacher, who'd say things like, "oh, you can't machine quilt anything larger than a baby quilt" even though i had just bought two books where they quilted king quilts! the classes were so bad. because i had been reading alot, i ended up answering other people's questions better than the teacher! needless to say i stopped going despite my lost money, and taught myself to quilt. you can too! you already know how to sew, and sew well. there are two differences, one easier, one harder: it's easier because you don't have to fit a three-dimensional form, harder on some patterns when you have alot of seams intersecting or using triangles and such because the fabric stretches. so just pick an easy pattern, like log cabin, and just do it! i recommend elanor burns' log cabin book. it's a great, easy, clear and concise start.... good luck! my problem with my local sewing/quilting shop is that they are just so nasty! the dummy at my store was the quilting teacher, who’d say things like, “oh, you can’t machine quilt anything larger than a baby quilt” even though i had just bought two books where they quilted king quilts! the classes were so bad. because i had been reading alot, i ended up answering other people’s questions better than the teacher! needless to say i stopped going despite my lost money, and taught myself to quilt. you can too! you already know how to sew, and sew well. there are two differences, one easier, one harder: it’s easier because you don’t have to fit a three-dimensional form, harder on some patterns when you have alot of seams intersecting or using triangles and such because the fabric stretches. so just pick an easy pattern, like log cabin, and just do it! i recommend elanor burns’ log cabin book. it’s a great, easy, clear and concise start…. good luck!

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