So being up until 6:30am going to bed on time after OMGWTFBBQ I was NOT CRYING a quiet night spent reading a book, I now find myself awake and facing a pleasant spring day
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And I blame what is now years of writing a Manilow lover. It's the only reasonable explaina.... I mean I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. I ASKED FOR NOTHING, NOTHING!!!
Well do I know the suckage of having to weigh the fun against the health. It's no fun.
There are DVDs out there, or could you ask around to some of the maybe, cloth store folk and ask if they'd know someone who'd do some tutoring? That might be even better....
Wish I had some sewing buddies about, too. My one sewing buddy locally has started teaching some theatre courses at a local school and has no time to futz. Wants to be with her family sometimes. Jeez.
That's a good idea. I might try that. Hopefully they don't close before I can ask ;)
I was also thinking about putting a notice up on Craig's List, only I don't know where we'd go. I wouldn't want to go to a stranger's house, and my own isn't set up well for that kind of thing. Hmm.
If you aren't getting anything out of the sewing class, don't waste your time. You can self-teach yourself a lot. I never took a class yet I made this all by myself. :)
Also, I have a completely irrational hatred of Nick Lachey.
Anyway - I'm finding that since I did the first two classes I'm grokking a little more than I used to. Though some of that is just relaxing when I see that I'm just as in the dark as the other students and therefore am making mistakes that are normal to make at this stage.
The flip side is that the main reason why I wanted a teacher was so I could have someone at least guide me through the uber-basics (You guide the fabric by... nudging? Pushing? Other?) and in theory she does that but in reality she gets so easily distracted by her stream of consciousness thoughts. For example on Tuesday she did sit down with me to show me how to hold the fabric while sewing, but she just sort of did it, and I had to nudge her with questions to get her to tell me what exactly she was doing with her hands that was different from what I was doing, and even then I only got a few details.
But the flip side of that is that part of me feels like something's better than nothing, and I've paid for the class,
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I never finished the one sewing class I took, but now most of may favorite clothes are ones I've designed and made myself. A lot of what I learned about sewing, I got from books I checked out of the library, my mom's copy of Reader's Digest Complete Guide to Sewing (I think that was the name), and magazines like Threads. Once you learn the basics of handling the machine and fitting the garment, most of the rest is research, practice and attention to detail.
It's the handling the machine part that I'm most lacking confidence in. I sort of get what's going on with patterns based on the books I've flipped through so far, and I can get my machine threaded and bobbin ready and all that, but the actual bare bones basics of "This is how you hold the fabric while trying to sew in a straight line." I'm still cloudy on.
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Although the Nick Lachey thing is just gross, man.
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And I blame what is now years of writing a Manilow lover. It's the only reasonable explaina.... I mean I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. I ASKED FOR NOTHING, NOTHING!!!
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There are DVDs out there, or could you ask around to some of the maybe, cloth store folk and ask if they'd know someone who'd do some tutoring? That might be even better....
Wish I had some sewing buddies about, too. My one sewing buddy locally has started teaching some theatre courses at a local school and has no time to futz. Wants to be with her family sometimes. Jeez.
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I was also thinking about putting a notice up on Craig's List, only I don't know where we'd go. I wouldn't want to go to a stranger's house, and my own isn't set up well for that kind of thing. Hmm.
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Also, I have a completely irrational hatred of Nick Lachey.
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Ahem. Nick who?
Anyway - I'm finding that since I did the first two classes I'm grokking a little more than I used to. Though some of that is just relaxing when I see that I'm just as in the dark as the other students and therefore am making mistakes that are normal to make at this stage.
The flip side is that the main reason why I wanted a teacher was so I could have someone at least guide me through the uber-basics (You guide the fabric by... nudging? Pushing? Other?) and in theory she does that but in reality she gets so easily distracted by her stream of consciousness thoughts. For example on Tuesday she did sit down with me to show me how to hold the fabric while sewing, but she just sort of did it, and I had to nudge her with questions to get her to tell me what exactly she was doing with her hands that was different from what I was doing, and even then I only got a few details.
But the flip side of that is that part of me feels like something's better than nothing, and I've paid for the class, ( ... )
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(One of these days I should do a state of the me update for you and the rest)
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