Comments on: Home Economics http://froginnorthgeorgia.com/frogwp/2009/03/home-economics/ You always have choices in life, even if they all suck. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:37:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Marne http://froginnorthgeorgia.com/frogwp/2009/03/home-economics/comment-page-1/#comment-503 Marne Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:05:15 +0000 http://froginnorthgeorgia.com/frogwp/2009/03/home-economics/#comment-503 We had required Home Economics classes in 7th and 8th grades which had a cooking component and a sewing component. I made a pillow in 7th grade and a sweatshirt in 8th grade. I can sew, but not with any great proficiency. I used my mom's sewing machine growing up, and when I graduated with my Masters mom and dad got me my own sewing machine which has come in handy over the past years. Heck, it even has a basting stitch so I don't have to do that by hand if I don't want to...crazy. I'm much better at knitting, though. I've been doing that since I was 6 and now I can do just about anything. I'm going to make a cotton dress for Alex after I get done with the new blanket for James. We had required Home Economics classes in 7th and 8th grades which had a cooking component and a sewing component. I made a pillow in 7th grade and a sweatshirt in 8th grade.

I can sew, but not with any great proficiency. I used my mom’s sewing machine growing up, and when I graduated with my Masters mom and dad got me my own sewing machine which has come in handy over the past years. Heck, it even has a basting stitch so I don’t have to do that by hand if I don’t want to…crazy.

I’m much better at knitting, though. I’ve been doing that since I was 6 and now I can do just about anything. I’m going to make a cotton dress for Alex after I get done with the new blanket for James.

]]> By: Liz A http://froginnorthgeorgia.com/frogwp/2009/03/home-economics/comment-page-1/#comment-433 Liz A Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:46:34 +0000 http://froginnorthgeorgia.com/frogwp/2009/03/home-economics/#comment-433 Yeah, I suck. I can do buttons and basic hem closures, but I cannot sew much at all. And that resulted from cross stitching mostly. I know how to thread a sewing machine because my mom could never figure it out when she bought a new one. My mom is really good at it, so I just let her do it. I keep saying I'm going to go buy a sewing machine and teach myself, but I never do. When I entered college, I was shocked at how many girls had no clue how to do their own laundry, much less how to operate the coin operated washing machines and dryers. It was funny. I taught a couple of boyfriends how to make spaghetti and 350 degrees is the basic baking temp, etc. But a lot of kids I went to school with had atleast a part time housekeeper their entire lives and were totally unprepared to do anything without help. <abbr><em>Liz A’s last blog post..<a href="http://lizfirsttime.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-feel-like-person.html" rel="nofollow">I feel like a person</a></abbr></em> Yeah, I suck. I can do buttons and basic hem closures, but I cannot sew much at all. And that resulted from cross stitching mostly. I know how to thread a sewing machine because my mom could never figure it out when she bought a new one. My mom is really good at it, so I just let her do it. I keep saying I’m going to go buy a sewing machine and teach myself, but I never do.

When I entered college, I was shocked at how many girls had no clue how to do their own laundry, much less how to operate the coin operated washing machines and dryers. It was funny. I taught a couple of boyfriends how to make spaghetti and 350 degrees is the basic baking temp, etc. But a lot of kids I went to school with had atleast a part time housekeeper their entire lives and were totally unprepared to do anything without help.

Liz A’s last blog post..I feel like a person

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