tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536383360370947414.post8936631910110178467..comments2023-09-25T07:19:37.745-05:00Comments on Gently Said: All Sewed UpJerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04278403041887060649noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536383360370947414.post-13685460278206568382011-03-10T17:03:59.527-06:002011-03-10T17:03:59.527-06:00My condolences to Marilyn. I must fail at life...s...My condolences to Marilyn. I must fail at life...sewed a patch on the shoulder of my flight suit. Worst sewing job I've ever done. Thread broke twice and I had to stop and sew that down before I could re-knot and continue. <br /><br />I can easily see the metaphor here...<br /><br />Excellent post.A.T. Posthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03987529687181431843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536383360370947414.post-48383663017671300142011-03-03T04:51:24.431-06:002011-03-03T04:51:24.431-06:00I love this post!I love this post!Meggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13074676856646898900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536383360370947414.post-48376508629066367802011-03-01T20:58:47.117-06:002011-03-01T20:58:47.117-06:00It's tough to lose the link to your childhood,...It's tough to lose the link to your childhood, even if you know it's coming. <br />Hugs to Marilyn.<br /><br />LOL about the sewing the dog toys. I sewed the same toy three times while the granddog was here visiting. The grandsons bring their mending to me--Pooh with a torn ear, torn jeans, etc.-- and they include the dog's toys in the stack. <br /><br />Have to mend dog beds, too. Why don't they make them so they don't start losing their stuffing in the washer?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536383360370947414.post-55629595072870847772011-02-28T14:23:09.549-06:002011-02-28T14:23:09.549-06:00So sorry to hear about Marilyn's mother, I hop...So sorry to hear about Marilyn's mother, I hope you both find comfort during this time...<br /><br />As for the rest, your sense of humor has not been stifled again, I so appreciate your not being confined to the rule of tagging. :) And men do sew! How do you think all those freshly minted single military men fix their fatigues? They either sew the patches on themselves or find a seamstress! ;) Much love my friend, you rock as usual!!adrielleroyalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15330513833416071176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536383360370947414.post-54302581856758650252011-02-28T13:01:29.022-06:002011-02-28T13:01:29.022-06:00Real men sew! Historically, the best seamsters bel...Real men sew! Historically, the best seamsters belonged to the British Royal Navy. Those guys not only stitched up the very sails that defined their lives, but they sewed their own clothes and could stitch up a bridal dress from scarlet silk on a day's notice (there were the occasional female passengers in need of finery). <br /><br />My SIL, of Mr. Obama's Navy, prides himself on being the seamster at his house. It's traditional. Like all good Navy men, he is accustomed to it and he's made happy by the customary. And the costumery. <br /><br />Sew on, you manly man.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166865250789996825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536383360370947414.post-41758012705920057322011-02-28T09:54:40.275-06:002011-02-28T09:54:40.275-06:00Serious first.. i am very sorry about your Wife...Serious first.. i am very sorry about your Wife's Mother.....<br /><br />I guess this is serious in another light. I must ALSO be a 'seamster"- I have often heard someone whisper as I pass by,,"There goes that sorry assed sew n' sew". I think that is what they said,,,glnrozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12922837344762102334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536383360370947414.post-66524418707937031342011-02-28T00:36:09.307-06:002011-02-28T00:36:09.307-06:00I keep sewing up my cat's kiwi bird, snatching...I keep sewing up my cat's kiwi bird, snatching up the innards and re-stuffing. I can't help thinking of old Prometheus. Was that who it was? Who had to get tied to a stake while a bird pecked out his liver but it always healed up overnight so the bird could do it again. Prometheus had some kick-ass stem cells.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536383360370947414.post-30289484828704087552011-02-27T21:02:31.377-06:002011-02-27T21:02:31.377-06:00I returned to writing to get past some difficultie...I returned to writing to get past some difficulties. I loom knit (in part) for the same purpose. Oh, and whittling. That one is kind of messy, though. I do so love a sharp knife.<br /><br />95 is a really good score. Such events are never easy. I pray for you and your wife.<br /><br />Stitch on.Michael Lockridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06748256055779697021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536383360370947414.post-8143974143141565712011-02-27T20:52:07.884-06:002011-02-27T20:52:07.884-06:00Okay.... I totally get it. Accomplishing somethin...Okay.... I totally get it. Accomplishing something useful and time consuming which requires attention and a modicum of skill while reeling from disaster - it works for me (I post, I write thank you notes on real stationary) and I am glad it works for you. You're never prepared for the big ones, no matter how much you think you are. There are those tugs at the heart when you face "forever".... they don't go away.<br /><br />As to the needle threading dilemma: buy yourself a threader,a small tinny thing with a big ole hole through which to push the thread. If you can't see the hole, hold the device over a piece of paper and it will become clearer (white paper for black thread and vice versa). Once the thread is through the threader, you push the end of the threader through the hole in the needle (using the paper trick above to help). Be sure you have a bright light shining on the whole operation. This worked for my 93 y/o grandmother and it works for me now. <br /><br />I'm liking the image of the pooches watching you :)<br />a/bAshleigh Burroughshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05790757220725900941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536383360370947414.post-76206152577256427852011-02-27T18:05:36.747-06:002011-02-27T18:05:36.747-06:00I used to sew dog toys too, but started to become ...I used to sew dog toys too, but started to become resentful of the mutts for joyfully destroying my hard work so soon after it was complete. Now when they tear a hole in the dog toy I let them pull out all the cotton fluff until it looks as though a terrible snowstorm has swept through the house (which is tremendous fun). Then I gather up all the fluff and throw it away. The dogs don't seem to care if their toys have been de-fluffed. They enjoy wrestling over the empty carcasses just as much. You know what else they like very, very much? Socks. <br /><br />*<br /><br />I'm really sorry about your wife's mother. As you said, there's a difference between expecting it, and it happening. Sending good thoughts for inner peace with that.<br /><br />Lisamischiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12837189368963587932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536383360370947414.post-17226858113992342132011-02-27T16:51:30.191-06:002011-02-27T16:51:30.191-06:00I LOVED this post! Except for the part about Mari...I LOVED this post! Except for the part about Marilyn's mother - I'm so very sorry for her (and your) loss.<br /><br />But I find it very funny that while you were writing about sewing today I was sewing. Not very well, but I was doing it.Gigihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05467164195744234746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536383360370947414.post-32031972067365995642011-02-27T15:09:08.043-06:002011-02-27T15:09:08.043-06:00You do rambling, profound, digressions better than...You do rambling, profound, digressions better than anyone else I know. Sorry about Marilyn's mother. And I have some curtains that you could take up for me.Madame DeFargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172239340844485940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536383360370947414.post-65744539122094339612011-02-27T11:11:58.261-06:002011-02-27T11:11:58.261-06:00Sorry about your wife's mother. Even when you ...Sorry about your wife's mother. Even when you expect it, it's never easy.<br />--------<br />When you are done with the dog toys, could take care of a few buttons and maybe take up a hem on a pair of jeans for me?Pat Tilletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17699973774273291205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536383360370947414.post-74865428900458813922011-02-27T06:38:45.552-06:002011-02-27T06:38:45.552-06:00Okay, Jerry, this was sooooo much better than answ...Okay, Jerry, this was sooooo much better than answering 19 random questions, though I am really sorry to hear about Marilyn's mother :(<br /><br />I don't know what it is about hearing (reading) someone else's digressions/rambling/soliloquy that I find amusing/soothing/informative, but thanks for taking the time to share this morning!<br /><br />Self-threading needles are a farce!J.B. Chicoinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06894797553204276281noreply@blogger.com