tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937405.post4110428966626255193..comments2023-10-31T07:54:06.440-07:00Comments on Amazing Voyages of the <i>Turtle</i>: Sandra Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12052047359365369942noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937405.post-80644745834692662912010-01-12T04:37:54.188-08:002010-01-12T04:37:54.188-08:00Hi, Your blog is very lovely. I liked it a lot. Th...Hi, Your blog is very lovely. I liked it a lot. Thanks for sharing the article.Assembly Machineshttp://www.abhobley.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937405.post-47869989579876100422010-01-09T14:24:34.261-08:002010-01-09T14:24:34.261-08:00Great story - brings back many stressful memories ...Great story - brings back many stressful memories of the 8th grade.Joy Keatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333864222871059094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937405.post-27404830051495223802010-01-08T06:13:10.296-08:002010-01-08T06:13:10.296-08:00Wow--that is a rather traumatic experience--but a ...Wow--that is a rather traumatic experience--but a riveting good story!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937405.post-3657355985212093252010-01-07T19:16:32.991-08:002010-01-07T19:16:32.991-08:00By the way, Karen, I learned a different method fo...By the way, Karen, I learned a different method for measuring shortening. To measure one cup of shortening, we put a cup of cold water into a liquid measuring cup, then added shortening until the water level rose to 2 cups, thus solving the problem of air bubbles in the shortening. Downright scientific, it was.Sandra Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12052047359365369942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937405.post-63810116899838656222010-01-07T19:13:58.522-08:002010-01-07T19:13:58.522-08:00No, no, no, Karen. That seam ripper has (1) a poin...No, no, no, Karen. That seam ripper has (1) a point on the end and (2) a razor-like blade in its curve. Do you have any idea how destructive a tool like that can be in the hands of a total klutz like me?Sandra Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12052047359365369942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937405.post-53007053296320283722010-01-07T19:00:31.370-08:002010-01-07T19:00:31.370-08:00Oh, Sandra! This brings back such memories of home...Oh, Sandra! This brings back such memories of home economics class! These younger girls wouldn't understand that this course was <i>required</i> when we were in school! I learned to 1)set the table; 2) measure shortening in a cup (take the back of the knife to level it off); 3)sift flour; and 4)make an apron! I'm happy to say that I'm "domestic" as my husband says, so I was pretty good at all of these things. But my sister - who was a rebellious genius (the 60's) was ashamed of winning the school's Betty Crocker Award. She actually refused to walk up on stage and receive it. Caused quite a stir among us wannabes! Thanks for bringing back the memories. Oh, and there's a little thing called a stitch ripper that might have saved your skirt!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937405.post-19451821414395842782010-01-07T18:14:54.063-08:002010-01-07T18:14:54.063-08:00JeffScape - sorry, I missed you. Yes, it does suck...JeffScape - sorry, I missed you. Yes, it does suck. Next time you're doing prints, you could make a sweatshirt that reads "Sewing sucks!" I'd buy it.Sandra Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12052047359365369942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937405.post-47083719339563061642010-01-07T18:13:58.955-08:002010-01-07T18:13:58.955-08:00Alan, I think that episode and the one in which th...Alan, I think that episode and the one in which they stomp grapes are the top two from the series.<br /><br />AngelMay, thank you, and it's okay. I'm not afraid of the machines as long as I'm not required to use them. It's sort of like bats, which don't scare me as long as they sit still, but terrify me when they're in flight.<br /><br />Stephanie, it was awful. It took forever.<br /><br />Poetikat, I had one of those little seam rippers. That's what I used to make the holes in my skirt!<br /><br />Baino, I would probably have done better at the woodworking, though I'm not sure. I might not be safe with a band saw, either.<br /><br />Angela, I can help. There's a gadget for that, and it works. The same thing you use to thread regular needles works for a sewing machine needle. It's that little silvery thing with the lasso on the front end. Works great. I have no trouble threading the machine. It's the rest of the job that drives me to tears.Sandra Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12052047359365369942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937405.post-67423552216404510572010-01-07T15:07:24.640-08:002010-01-07T15:07:24.640-08:00I ruined my favorite sweatshirt in print class in ...I ruined my favorite sweatshirt in print class in a similar fashion.<br /><br />Sucks, doesn't it?JeffScapehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00190641629175438603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937405.post-73268012814277924482010-01-07T13:36:18.028-08:002010-01-07T13:36:18.028-08:00I never could thread the dang sewing machine! Stil...I never could thread the dang sewing machine! Still can't:(<br /><br />~AngelaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937405.post-32449407696138192022010-01-07T12:19:59.234-08:002010-01-07T12:19:59.234-08:00Haha . . excellent story and I've also sewn cl...Haha . . excellent story and I've also sewn clothing onto whatever I was making in the past. Shame it spoiled your lovely skirt! I remember Home Ec although we did it in high school in years 7-10. Such a sexist proposition wasn't it. The girls did cooking and sewing or typing while the boys did woodwork or metalwork.Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937405.post-66595103836551124242010-01-07T12:12:51.193-08:002010-01-07T12:12:51.193-08:00Didn't anyone issue you a stitch-ripper? That ...Didn't anyone issue you a stitch-ripper? That was my favourite piece of equipment. I felt I could do anything as long as I had that in my possession. (I still have one today even though I don't sew.)<br />I'm with you on the Phys Ed and team sports (I've got a poem, if you're interested), but I did love Home Ec and although sewing wasn't my strong suit, I still never had any real disasters other than a few crooked seams (and the stitch-ripper fixed those too).Kat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937405.post-3250517577426728382010-01-07T11:18:06.273-08:002010-01-07T11:18:06.273-08:00That is so funny. I've sewn a few things toge...That is so funny. I've sewn a few things together by mistake so hear you on taking out all those tiny little stitches...Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02197440053108414394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937405.post-34806597060352589322010-01-07T09:50:37.540-08:002010-01-07T09:50:37.540-08:00LOL! Wonderful story, Sandra! Brought back memor...LOL! Wonderful story, Sandra! Brought back memories of my first Home Ec sewing class. We didn't get to make anything as simple as an apron - no! We had to make a skirt! With a zipper! Oy! I got the skirt made, but the zipper was just a disaster! BTW, I also had a circle skirt - I called it my "Pony Skirt" because it had a pony on it. Or was it a Poodle? Oh well...doesn't matter. You should have warned me about your great fear of sewing machines - and I would have put mine away instead of leaving it out on the table while you were here. I'm still sewing on my quilt. Someday - when I finish - it will be put away. LOVED this post.RLM Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15218851852114927602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937405.post-76344785465334428452010-01-07T08:56:05.390-08:002010-01-07T08:56:05.390-08:00Wonderful story - great memories. And the video wa...Wonderful story - great memories. And the video was a real reminder of watching the show in my youth. Happy TT to you.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937405.post-8426503499667446492010-01-07T08:45:51.040-08:002010-01-07T08:45:51.040-08:00Brian, I'm sure I have stabbed my finger somew...Brian, I'm sure I have stabbed my finger somewhere along the line, but I don't think it was that day. <br /><br />Hazel, it's a wonder any of us ever want to cook, once we've been through the home ec mill. I hope you've made cream puffs since then, because they're fun to make - and delicious.Sandra Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12052047359365369942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937405.post-80752348422545816762010-01-07T07:00:55.528-08:002010-01-07T07:00:55.528-08:00Ho Ho!
I remember learning to embroider at my aun...Ho Ho!<br /><br />I remember learning to embroider at my aunt's house and going right through my skirt. <br /><br />Home Ec. What a larf, eh? I had to make cream puffs but broke an egg and had to do with make them with one egg. What a flat globby mess that was.The Clever Puphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198739825136188378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937405.post-19830275709726477432010-01-07T03:00:21.025-08:002010-01-07T03:00:21.025-08:00lol. laughing with you i hope. i remember my my tr...lol. laughing with you i hope. i remember my my trying to show me the sewing machine. its a wonder i did not sew my fingers to the cloth...the i love lucy vid fits so well...happy tt!Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.com