tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post5412860550873403981..comments2024-03-14T16:03:32.434-04:00Comments on Gertie's New Blog for Better Sewing: What's Wrong With This Picture?Gertiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04314542159287533507noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-67107719884945648912010-02-14T19:23:53.149-05:002010-02-14T19:23:53.149-05:00re: my comment above, the little black button is 3...re: my comment above, the little black button is 3cm by 7cm. Sorry for the typo.<br /><br />rampantraeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-15461540225605966852010-02-13T19:31:04.566-05:002010-02-13T19:31:04.566-05:00Hi Gertie,
My sewing machine is an 3/4 size Elna ...Hi Gertie,<br /><br />My sewing machine is an 3/4 size Elna Lotus Special. It has a little white foot pedal with a small black button that you press to sew. The button is approx 3cm x 9cm. I sew barefoot and use my right big toe! No need for the whole foot. How's that for precision sewing?!<br /><br />I adore your blog. I have been reading it from the very beginning. Stroke your pussycats for me please :-)<br /><br />rampantraeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-65407761150304239052010-01-22T18:19:14.940-05:002010-01-22T18:19:14.940-05:00I am totally a bare/sock foot sewer. When I try t...I am totally a bare/sock foot sewer. When I try to sew with a shoe I end up sewing way too fast! And heels are just wrong!<br /><br />Your banner is great!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05153709701055059778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-86346617625844989142009-11-19T19:56:52.261-05:002009-11-19T19:56:52.261-05:00I was actually thinking about buying this book, I ...I was actually thinking about buying this book, I was reading the blurb online. And then I saw the the cover and realised it was clearly not a book for me. <br /><br />Maybe I shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but it was very alienating and they definitely lost a sale - I will not participate in the 'if it's for girls, it must be pink and involve heels'. Sure, I want the finished product to be shiny and cool (although NOT pink) but do I have to dress up for the process? Total turn off.Kaviarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08409825601485451978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-31856000526992433662009-11-18T08:59:06.934-05:002009-11-18T08:59:06.934-05:00Ha ha... I just saw this book advertised in today&...Ha ha... I just saw this book advertised in today's McCall's newsletter and they have turned the pedal around the other way...Crimson Gardeniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838792053071210668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-23330471139838561142009-10-29T03:55:30.880-04:002009-10-29T03:55:30.880-04:00barefoot or I can't sewbarefoot or I can't sewLindaNanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11384649650212129014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-13163545530848129102009-10-26T13:28:05.992-04:002009-10-26T13:28:05.992-04:00I wondered if it was common to sew while barefoot!...I wondered if it was common to sew while barefoot! lol! Like you, I can't sew with shoes on.I am Arizona; a person, not a place.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18162117959024394009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-59800884369343523652009-10-23T17:01:01.467-04:002009-10-23T17:01:01.467-04:00Great banner, great blog - so glad I found you!
...Great banner, great blog - so glad I found you! <br /><br />I sew with bare feet, stocking feet, or my Dansko's. Not with heels!Erika Mulvennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02754785341905724718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-35870997932957854182009-10-23T12:15:04.061-04:002009-10-23T12:15:04.061-04:00As a novice sewer, I didn't feel I had enough ...As a novice sewer, I didn't feel I had enough control in shoes. I don't like socks either; I flex my toes to tweak the speed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-44492041651427236052009-10-22T23:52:57.702-04:002009-10-22T23:52:57.702-04:00Wow! I would never dream of sewing barefoot! I k...Wow! I would never dream of sewing barefoot! I keep my house at about 67 degrees and I tend to drop things: scissors, seam rippers, my awl, and other assorted sharp items. I have in the past stepped on a tin of pins, while barefoot; never again. It was not fun picking the pins out of my feet! <br /><br />My machine has a large pedal with a ribbed rubber surface; it feels much better with shoes. I wear slip on shoes in the house and love my wool socks in the winter. I learned to sew on a treadle machine; shoes are a neccesity on the filigreed iron treadle.Pamela Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-44151083052075768312009-10-22T10:30:49.705-04:002009-10-22T10:30:49.705-04:00The new banner is very cool! I've been enjoyi...The new banner is very cool! I've been enjoying your adventures working through the book.<br /><br />I sew in socks, or very thin slippers. I have sewn wearing flat shoes, but not often or for very long, and never heels. When I got my machine, and was taking the "get to know your machine" free lesson, both the lady giving the lesson and I got the giggles because I was having such a problem trying to sew with shoes. So yes, I do think that the cover is rather sterotyped, but - at least they didn't use some of those 5" heels that some people wear. As far as the pedal being backwards, my guess is they deliberately set it up that way so the cord wouldn't show so much in the picture.JustGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08948391538309176039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-54148118002947868512009-10-22T09:38:41.693-04:002009-10-22T09:38:41.693-04:00I have, in fact, sewn wearing ridiculous stilettos...I have, in fact, sewn wearing ridiculous stilettos, and would you like to know how I felt? RIDICULOUS! Why on earth would anyone actually sew in stilletos. My excuse was that I worked in a fancy expensive clothing store and they insisted I wear dress clothes and appropriate shoes in case I was ever seen by a customer. Since they never let me out of our little basement dungeon of a tailor shop, this was not likely but I still had to wear the shoes. I regularly had only my left stiletto on and then hobbled around for a second every time I got up to do something because I would, invariably, forget that I was wearing one stiletto. These days, as a self-employed seamstress, I wear whatever I darn well please! Today, for example, we have the first shirt I saw laying near my bed, yesterday's jeans and .... NO SHOES!Cisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06235120233640110968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-42833119441732483422009-10-22T08:11:18.272-04:002009-10-22T08:11:18.272-04:00Hello
Actually I like that book cover because it s...Hello<br />Actually I like that book cover because it seems really attractive but of course you can't sew with this footwear.Thank you very much for sharing this with us.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.vitabits.fr/vitamines" rel="nofollow">vitamine d</a>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14738425985845480158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-2133702264209246352009-10-22T06:51:04.285-04:002009-10-22T06:51:04.285-04:00Nice topic and great responses! Really made me la...Nice topic and great responses! Really made me laugh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-17177089163335419262009-10-22T06:16:54.832-04:002009-10-22T06:16:54.832-04:00missalex says "a friend of my dads used to ke...missalex says "a friend of my dads used to keep a pair of thongs in his car in case he got caught barefoot!". I guess thongs must have a different meaning in Australia. In the UK, they are a rather skimpy item of underwear that I can't imagine anyone wearing on their feet!<br />NathalieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-91156565992071398102009-10-22T05:03:10.411-04:002009-10-22T05:03:10.411-04:00The new banner is a WIN.
Sewing footwear, sewing ...The new banner is a WIN.<br /><br />Sewing footwear, sewing footwear... I am a little paranoid of barefoot sewing due to the wacky wiring of our old house, I'm wary of electrical shorts. I have a pair of little rubber-soled dunlop volley slip-ons I wear.EmilyKatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02202548680341378684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-59219172527121909952009-10-21T21:29:53.454-04:002009-10-21T21:29:53.454-04:00I tend to prefer going barefoot if it's summer...I tend to prefer going barefoot if it's summer--in the winter, I have to have at least slippers or really thick socks on, because my feet get really cold otherwise! Or if I am going to wear shoes (which I do sometimes, particularly in the colder times of the year), I do tend to prefer flats. Though I can get by ok in my chunky-heeled boots--I'm very used to walking around in them, since it's been standard footwear for me since my college days (no flip-flops for me!), and the wider heels provide more leverage so it's easier for me to drive and use sewing machine pedals. I hate driving in thinner heels, and have found it's harder for me to control how hard I'm hitting the gas-- definitely don't want to do that where my fingers might get in the way! As a professional instrumentalist/teacher of that, I need those!Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09913795373618902575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-34834835549447500692009-10-21T20:38:23.581-04:002009-10-21T20:38:23.581-04:00i usually sew in heels, in fact i do everything in...i usually sew in heels, in fact i do everything in heels, because they change my personality just a bit, so i feel more elegant, more gracefull, just a little bit more fancy and less plain. they also change my posture (for the better) and the way i walk (i have an awful tendancy to swagger when i wear boots!). but just like every other activity, i must learn to do it in heels. i have learnt to gauge the appropriate pressure for a sewing machine (and i only use an industrial) at home and work, and also for driving and walking on different surfaces (gravel, cobblestones, grass, slippery lino). it just takes some getting used to!<br />its is an OH&S issue not to wear "appropriate footwear" in the workplace, and also while i was in training at TAFE - no heels or thongs allowed there! oh and to Jen M- i beleive it is actaully illegal to drive barefooted in australial; a friend of my dads used to keep a pair of thongs in his car in case he got caught barefoot!<br /><br />~missalex~missalexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-57325679782022891092009-10-21T20:09:42.514-04:002009-10-21T20:09:42.514-04:00Oh, I always take off my right shoe, or slipper, o...Oh, I always take off my right shoe, or slipper, or whatever I have on my feet. I have a hard time telling how hard I am pressing otherwise. I prefer to do the same while driving, though I have a hard time ignoring the voice of my mom in my head telling me it is a mortal sin to drive barefoot. I don't even think it is illegal here in California, but she was always insistent :)Jen Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-2505857687393427672009-10-21T19:39:37.554-04:002009-10-21T19:39:37.554-04:00Oh, I really like the banner also!Oh, I really like the banner also!Kathihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11152942097072530468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-65393813705949434112009-10-21T19:39:08.806-04:002009-10-21T19:39:08.806-04:00I also noticed the pedal first!! I guess I am act...I also noticed the pedal first!! I guess I am actually the weirdo here since I always wear shoes!! I basically live in Danskos due to an issue with plantar fasciitis a few years ago, so that is what I wear when sewing!<br />Very interesting that so many people sew and DRIVE barefoot and that you have gotten so many responses on this topic!Kathihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11152942097072530468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-28308192582612508232009-10-21T19:31:36.750-04:002009-10-21T19:31:36.750-04:00I take my shoes off as soon as I'm in my house...I take my shoes off as soon as I'm in my house, no matter what. So I am definitely a no shoes sewer. I don't even like socks because pins can get caught in them. I may wear flip flops some times, but rarely.Teehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11671175207465598334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-12629338005474407232009-10-21T19:16:37.123-04:002009-10-21T19:16:37.123-04:00Barefoot or socks. I think the backwardness or not...Barefoot or socks. I think the backwardness or not of the pedal is just personal choice - I like my sewing machine pedal the "right" way and the overlocker the wrong way.kbencohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00885068563358776147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-45315243534214870422009-10-21T18:22:24.416-04:002009-10-21T18:22:24.416-04:00My textiles teacher at school lived in heels (she ...My textiles teacher at school lived in heels (she even had a photo of a trip she went on to india where she was wearing stilletos on an elephant)<br />She claimed her feet were so used to wearing them that they looked like Barbies and it was actually painful for her to wear flats.<br />She had no problem on the sewing machines, but it was funny to see her in action... there was definitely a technique to it!Clarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13931436948216821554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-91421499979369817672009-10-21T18:15:39.248-04:002009-10-21T18:15:39.248-04:00Favorite way to sew in this order barefoot, socks,...Favorite way to sew in this order barefoot, socks, flats. (Nice Banner). Is your bestie April Showers?Faye Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02781186043996633965noreply@blogger.com