Do you own a sewing machine?
I keep seeing these tutorials on things that look simple and that I currently send out to a tailor, like hemming pants. And I think, maybe I should get a sewing machine.
Then again, I have a feeling that my sewing machine would end up sitting idle.
But I can't go through my entire life without a sewing machine, right? Eventually I will acquire one.
What do you think, is a sewing machine an inevitable necessity of grown-up life?
I don't have one. Sometimes I think it would be fun to learn to make my own clothes, and to have the sewing confidence to alter things I buy to fit perfectly. But it seems like a pretty steep learning curve for anything other than hemming or making things with straight lines (like pillow covers). And I'm happy to send the hemming out to a tailor (or use hemming tape) and buy premade pillow covers, so -- no sewing machine unless I think I will REALLY learn to use it. Which may be never. All this is a long-winded way to say: no, I don't think a sewing machine is a necessity for a grown-up.
ReplyDeleteI have a sewing machine and I know how to use it. That being said I don't use it very much. It is PITA to get it out, set it up, find the right colored thread, measure, cut, iron, pin the pants, double check your work and all this to hem a pair of pants? Half the time I just whip stitch them by hand.
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