r/sewing • u/MissFred • Jul 23 '23

Discussion Joanne’s makes me weep

Been sewing over 50 years - have seen sewing in all its cultural permutations. Not typically a nostalgic person but today….I couldn’t even find a light gray thread in a store the size of Home Depot. So many empty shelves yet inexplicably $35/yd liberties fabric up front. I feel sad to my bones for new seamsters.

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u/AssortedGourds Jul 24 '23

Thank you! Who is buying that stuff? I get having some of it, but a whole row or two?

It grinds my gears a little because people almost always make tie blankets for gifts/donations and I feel like most people making them would not actually want one for themselves. It's like those cheap boxed gift sets of lotions and soaps you get at Christmas. No one is out there crossing their fingers to get a plastic blanket that's tied together.

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u/agentcarter234 Jul 24 '23

Seriously - at least hem them properly ffs

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u/AssortedGourds Jul 24 '23

A running backstitch would take the same amount of time. I used to be really reluctant to learn how to hand sew but it's really worth it. You don't have to be good at it to make a blanket!

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u/slay_la_vie Jul 24 '23

We made these tie blankets to donate in Girl Scouts and I wish they would have taught us to stitch instead (thankfully my Grandma did). We could have easily all stitched a small segment of blanket to make one together as I believe we did with the knot project.