Article Directory :: Reference & Education Articles Why Learn to Sew? By Katherine Quirke Republish: EasyPublish™ Published: 16Jun2010 Word count: 425 Viewed: 423 time(s) Get Free Content For Your Site The days are gone where women had to toil at home and sew the family clothes. Now you can sew for pleasure simply because clothes are available in hundreds of stores ready made giving you more options than ever before. But, why still sew? Why bother? Well for the last 20 years the world of sewing has suffered a decline and for no other reason that we have been living in a world where there has been plenty. A world where the cost of production has decreased therefore making nice clothing cheaper and more accessible. Thus making it cheaper to buy than make our clothes. This in turn has seen a skill among the young almost disappear. But, along comes global warming, and a financial crisis. Combined with a new generation of people who want more than just what is on the clothing racks that make them look like clones. A new generation that cannot afford the designer labels but want to have clothes that express individuality. Now we are seeing new classes within our communities for seeing, more young people going to them. New shops are opening selling fabric, sewing machines and more. No more is sewing only the domain of the elderly and the women. Men are also enjoying the revival of fashion sewing. One of the most enjoyable methods of learning to sew is by joining community sewing groups and classes to learn from the ground up. In these classes you make new friends and share ideas and skills. Many young men are attending these classes and groups as well! Remember many of the worlds fashion designers are men. The joy of sewing is not only about making new clothes from scratch but about refurbishing whole wardrobes of clothes. Our fashions now are so flexible that anything goes and young and not so young are creating their own identities via their clothes. Sewing machines have become so affordable that there is almost no reason a budding sewer cannot have one. Savvy shoppers are now buying quality machines on the second hand market from the sewers who are now upgrading to the new machines. The re-discovery of sewing is amazing. Fabric shops had almost disappeared but now, new shops are opening and existing ones are expanding. So is this about money? Or is this about fashion? The revival is a bit of both. For many while realising they can have designer style clothes for a fraction of the price there are many that are discovering a hobby that is creative and brings great joy. Katherine Quirke is a successful Australian based business entrepreneur with an IT background, has owned a number of businesses over the last 20 years. Not only does she run her own business but enjoys gardening and sewing. Recently she has become a distributor for the 1st professionally produced learn to sew DVD set for home sewers. Visit: http://www.learn2sewdvd.com EasyPublish™ this article - publishers click here More articles by Katherine Quirke

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