Fred ,'Smile Time'
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Okay, I read that as the thing that treats and transports waste water, so it took me aback a bit...
Hee! I did too.
ChiKat, I wish you were here. There's a great little shop in Somerville that offers beginnging sewing lessons. I have no ideas about books...my mom taught me when I was like six. There were no books involved.
I want a sewing machine so much, ChiKat, and I would love to learn to sew. The kids' Halloween costumes are always an agony of hand-sewing, hot glue, and safety pins, which is less than optimal.
::smooches vw on the sly::
ChiKat, ok, I know it's not a book, but I believe that a lot of crafts are better off learned hands-on.
This looks like a pretty cool place: [link]
And, if you want something even cheaper, the Chicago Park District offers lessons: [link]
Someone tell me that the pain I'm currently experiencing in my legs is from walking two miles today when I've barely been out of the house in two months, not the steroid myopathy coming back.
I'ma gonna take a painkiller anyway.
Yet another reason to love the hivemind!
(plus I wanted to show off my shiny new tag)
vw - walking when you haven't will do that.
I do crafts already (crochet, some paper crafts, etc.), but I've really been wanting to learn to sew.
I think I'll look at the park district stuff. That may be good. Thanks, vw!
Sewing is fabulous fun, and I'm glad you're gonna give it a shot.
The other thought is, do you already have a sewing machine? If you don't, lots of sewing machine shops give introductory classes when you purchase one of their machines.
I do have a sewing machine. I got a used one, so no classes.
My local Joann's does offer beginning classes ($75 for 3, 3 hour sessions). I may look into those, too.