Sewing

 I know many of you who read this blog already sew, but there are few of you who don’t yet and well, I’m going to try to talk you into why you should learn to sew! Here goes….

Like cooking, sewing often creates a mess, but the memories you create doing these things are what creates the fabric of our lives…..

Sewing has become fashionable again. Go into any bookstore and the shelves are now full of eye catching, modern project books about sewing for yourself and your family, and how we can bring creativity back into our lives. So why is sewing becoming more popular in an age where cheaply mass produced clothes are easily available and actually pretty nice looking for the money? 
“Why learn to sew?”, I’ve had some women ask me. “By the time I buy all the fabric and notions and patterns I could just go to the clothing store and buy something cheaper”. 
Or you might be thinking that you have always wanted to sew, but you just don’t have the time if you have children and a home to care for, or a full time job. 

I’m going to compare learning to sew with learning to cook.

You could get by in life without learning to cook,  and instead go out for takeout, go to restaurants or buy prepared meals at the grocery store . Plenty of people do, as rising obesity rates in this country will show you. In fact, it’s more expensive to buy groceries and cook than to go to many fast food restaurants. But we do learn to cook because we enjoy it, it’s more nutritional, and it’s something we do for our families to show we love them. I like to think that sewing is like cooking and buying clothes is like going out to eat. It’s nice to have both in your lives. Sewing , like cooking, can be frustrating when you are learning, but once you learn a few great recipes or make a cute dress, people love, it’s such a rewarding feeling,

Why sewing is good for your soul and a virtuous hobby to pass down to your children

 Our fashion obsessed teens have been on a diet of what I call junk fashion. Things have gotten so cheap at stores like Forever 21, and girls buy lots of things that are trendy, but really low quality, wearing them a few times and then forgetting them. This enforces the idea of the throwaway mentality in our culture. Clothes are cheap, worn a few times and thrown away or left at friends’ homes, never to be seen again. This mentality is found in many parts of society today. Products and appliances are made cheaply overseas, and when they break we get rid of them and buy new ones. A generation ago if you bought a blender or vacuum that broke, you would take it to the fix it shop.

When people learn to make their own clothes they start to look at clothing differently, noticing the work and quality, or lack of it that goes into a garment. 

  Acknowledging the people who make our clothes in far away impoverished countries is a small gesture that sends out good vibes and consciousness into the world.

There are human rights issues that also need to be known about. Most of these cheap clothes are made in China and as consumers we should be aware that China is still fervently enforcing their one child policy outside the large cities. One garment worker in China was found to have two children and was put under arrest until she would agree to a forced sterilization. Forced abortions are also not uncommon, and are performed on women well into their third trimesters. So in a way we are sanctioning these human rights abuses when we buy these clothes.  I know it’s another thing to feel guilty about, but if we don’t educate ourselves, we will never cause the change that is needed.

Why sewing is good for your finances.

The US has been in a terrible recession which has gotten better , but is still pretty bad,  and we have had to get more creative about saving money. The silver lining of this recession for me has been having to make do with less which can really spark creativity. However, sewing isn’t necessarily a money saver. Fabrics can be expensive and many of the projects , could probably be bought cheaper at the outlet mall near your house, although they might be an inferior quality. So while saving money is definitely possible, if you are doing things like upcycling your old clothes or sheets to make dresses for your daughters, it’s something besides saving money that is driving this new movement in sewing. But saving money is still important!

Have you ever ordered something online and it doesn’t fit and you meant to send it back but misplaced the receipt or bought it on a final sale? That’s just money wasted and if you can sew you can alter things like that yourself and actually wear them. 
Or have you spent all day searching for the perfect dress never to find it? That’s time that could be better spent!  With basic alteration skills our clothes can be more flattering ,and we can even remake or upcycle things we already have in our closets or find at the thrift shop.  If you are pregnant you can easily turn your jeans into maternity jeans instead of going to the maternity shop and buying something you are only going to use for a couple months.

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