There! That makes me feel better! I...
...detest
...abhor
...despise
mending.
I'm sure those of you who are virtuous mothers are shaking their heads and wondering what is the matter with me. I don't know where I missed it, but the pile of mending in my sewing center makes me cringe with hatred.
Why do I wait until all of Allison's dresses are missing a button before I finally, grudgingly get out my needle and thread? Why does a dress hang for two years in my closet with chopped off sleeves that are only waiting for one seam? Why do John's Sunday pants lay over my bedroom chair for weeks before I finally get around to sewing the loophole back on?
I've always hated repairing clothes. When I learned to sew and sewed my sleeve in upside down, I would have rather started all over than to tear out the one little seam.
Mending is such a tedious chore. But today, when I finally got around to sewing on six buttons on six dresses, sewing up a hole in the back of another, and zigzagging around two pockets that were coming loose, I realized it had only taken me about fourty-five minutes. And the time I spent before dreading the task was worse than actually doing it. I hope next time it won't look so big. And now Alli has five more dresses!!! I'll let you in on a big, deep, dark secret---I hate ironing, too!!!!
Thursday, February 15, 2007
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Guess what you're not alone! : ) I hate mending , too. Yeh, when I do it. I feel the same way, it wasn't so bad after all! : )
My feelings exactly!!! Trish
Vernon had I'm-not-sure-how-many-pairs of socks, white and black alike, waiting to be mended in the toes....they finally got thrown away because he has enough socks that I decided he could just do without those.....then I think about CAM and their outreaches and feel wasteful after I've done that!
~Lez
As far as ironing.....it gets as hot doing that chore as standing in front of the sink for very long. Thankfully I rarely have to use the iron.
Oh my. I love mending. This is my sign from God that I need to come visit you in Poland, and you need to save all your mending til then.
I have good memories of mending... at your childhood home, with your little sis on my lap! And now she's all grown and married. :} I don't really mind mending, but it's sure an easy thing to put off. I'd have more dresses myself if I JUST DID IT!!
I hear ya. I have a stash of mending that I need to pay some attention too..once.
I'm thankful for your sympathies. I was feeling quite good about it until I get to comments four and five. There are some people that actually enjoy mending??? Yes, Dorcas, it is a sign from God. The mending will be awaiting your arrival!!! :)
I join the club.. The mending and ironing wait.
o laura! this post made my want to laugh. i think we ARE related:) ha..mending has got to go. why else would i have tape on some of my hems that are coming out??:) and i could sure leave ironing too. gina
Oh, I'm the same way!I will wait and wait...there's just something about a 5- 10 minute job that's so hard to do.:-) I especially hate shortening/lengthening pants. And then I feel so virtuous after it's all done!
The funniest thing happened. I clicked on your name on the comments on my blog thinking it was another Laura that read my site. I absent mindedly read your profile and thought, "Hmm i wonder if I should let Laura know there's another lady in Poland with five kids doing mission work." Duh! It didnt dawn on me until I clicked to your page who you were!
Now lets just say that mending and I have never gotten cozy with each other. I hate mending and sewing. I remeber one time as a girl I made a new dress and the first Sunday I wore it Pop pronounced the sleeves too short and told me that there was no need to try to get liberal in his household because it wouldnt work and that I was never to wear that dresa gain until I got those sleeves sufficiently below the elbows.
I told him I didn't purposely make the sleeves to not cover the elbow but that I just didnt cut it out right and sew it right. I'll never forget how he grinned and said, "Well Tammy coming from you I believe thats exactly what happened. Now get in the car or we'll be late." Lol Obviously he was wise enough to be more concerned about the intent of the ehart rather than the letter of the law. When he discovered there was no evil motive it was okay.
Now Robin, on the other hand, is a perfect seamstress thus would have never gotten by with sleeves not covering the elbow! :)
That's too funny! I love your sewing story, Mrs. Darling. Don't even talk to me about sewing!!! I have ripped out so many seams, sewed too many clothes that don't fit, and have had such trials that I don't enjoy that either.
hey laura. i LIKE the new layout. and i love the pictures of the children. very cute.
Laura, I adore the family photos! So creative! Now where's one of you?
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