Testimonies: Sewing horror stories 19 Articles

by Rex Coker

There was a time when you really had to be careful of your abilities , to do domestic things ; like sewing . I remember one time back in my high school days . We were in the middle of two a days , with football practice . ...read more

by Anne Baxter

I woke up early. It would be the last morning I would wake up here, in this bed, in the room I shared with my two sisters. They still slept and the rest of the house was silent. My long engagement was coming to a close and...read more

by Meg A Wright

A formal prom dress. The ultimate achievement for a girl in 4-H sewing. Especially in my county, it seems to be a tradition for a 4-H girl in sewing to sew her prom dress for her senior year. I'll say our county isn't v...read more

by lisamig

Many moons ago, when I was 14 years old I had a home economics class in school. At that time it was mandatory that girls take home economics and boys took shop class. We had our lessons in sewing and cooking every day and ...read more

by Belinda Beasley

Several years ago, I was sewing costumes for a children's music ministry of a very large church. Even though the director of the musicals could be a bit demanding, especially when it came to her vision for the costumes, sh...read more

by Heather Foster

My family jokes about coming from farm country, where if anything breaks, duct tape, baling wire, Band-Aids, and super glue will fix it just fine. Well, that is partially true for us. If we can't locate the necessary part ...read more

by Pat Gray

Over the almost 40 years I have been into sewing, I have never had a real disaster. Until this summer. One of my first Christmas presents was a toy sewing machine. I made suits for coworkers and made garments for the m...read more

by Genenda Milloy

About four years ago, I decided to learn how to sew for a friend's Halloween costume party. Big mistake. I bought the silky, royal purple fabric for my fairy princess costume, and asked the ladies at the craft store, who...read more

by Linda Ann Nickerson

FORMALWEAR, BEWARE Sewing has been a passion of mine for longer than I can recall. Before I was born, my grandmother began stitching up baby blankets and smocked dresses for me. When I was a young child, I loved to ...read more

by WriterGirl

You may thing that sewing is a very harmless hobby, but really it's not. There are so many sharp and pointy things just waiting to show you that they're capable of harming as well as creating. Okay maybe I'm being a little...read more

by Angela La Fon

I grew up with a grandmother who made quilts for the community, all of her own dresses and matching Easter dresses for her granddaughters. Since I had "helped" her at times as a child so I felt that I had some experience...read more

by Tamerea Fritz

It is amazing that in this day and age a woman or even a person needs to learn how to sew. I was an outdoor child, I loved to climb trees, to run and play with the dogs, ride horses and generaly stay outside. As I got o...read more

by Christina Daniell

"My Baby Beauty Contest Nightmare!" All moms believe that their precious little bundle of joy is the most beautiful baby, hands down! I am no exception. When my little girl was only three months old, I had discovered ...read more

by JoAnne Windsinger

Sewing Horror Story As a teenager going to school in New Mexico, the law required me to take home economics. My teen girls got to take wood-shop, metal-shop, and even got to try their hand at welding for their electiv...read more

by Barbara Pringle

My daughter was to be a bridesmaid, and I offered to make her dress. She assured me the seamstress was capable of making the six gowns with time to spare. I received the dreaded call the night before the wedding. It was...read more

by Autumn J.

As a grown woman who comes from a family of women (and men!) who can sew, I often wonder what on earth happened to me. Don't get me wrong, I can stitch together a piece of fabric (it looks horrible) or I can mend a hole in...read more

by Liane Laskoske

My sewing horror story taught me the importance of prewashing. Nowadays, fabrics are darn near impervious to laundering, but 20 and 30 years ago, you prewashed EVERYTHING to shrink it before you pinned on a pattern. I ...read more

by Marsha Coles

When I was in high school I had Home Economics for fourth period. This was the time of day when everyone was hungry and it was even worse for us because half of the class would cook while the other half would sew leaving u...read more

by Nancy Mcguire

I loved to sew as a kid, especially when I was about eight. I loved to make little purses by hand for me or my mom. But, one day, I had started what had resembled a doll's outfit, and got a case of boredom. I wanted to...read more