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Fiddy wrote:
Christian kids don't have extracurricular fun at college? Boy, that's not a great recruiting tool! LOL She's carrying 14 hours of classes, working 18 hours a week, and going to soccer games and visiting the library (she's an inveterate bookworm and spent at least an hour on the phone GUSHING about all the great books they have in the library) for recreation. |
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Karen Maslowski wrote:
LOL! The previous poster (the one I was replying to) sort of implied (at least I thought so) that a college student would be too busy being wild to sew. Hopefully, she's still having a good time being young and in college! She's not the wild type, but she is having a wonderful time. After her high school years, where a lot of militant home school supremacists looked down on her because she came from a broken home (which was neither her or my fault), she is somewhere where everybody is basically on the same page she is (or they wouldn't have wanted to go there -- Bob Jones University has as distinct of a reputation as Brigham Young University in its own fundamental-separatist style) and they don't care that she came from a broken home or that we don't live as affluent of a lifestyle as they might. |
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Kate Dicey wrote:
Let her do a term without a machine as she chose not to take one. If she rants about needing one, THEN think about what to let her take. It would have cost her $80 to take it on the airplane, and we agreed that I would find her an appropriate one and send it to her. She might want to think about the sort of use she'd put it to before thinking about the model... I suppose I ought to ask her how important zigzag is to her. I'm sure I could find her a 301 somewhere if she can't arrange to use the schools machines when needed. |
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georg wrote:
Maybe her sophmore year she'll take her sewing machine, who knows. Talk to her about it. She's not coming back except for Christmas for the next 4-6 years unless she ends up having to drop out to work more to pay for her tuition. And we both agree that she cannot take a machine with her -- they are all too big to take as carryon, and my dad flew for TWA for 40 years before he retired and I know too many horror stories about checked-in luggage that I will not let her take one as check-in luggage. |
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Pat in Virginia wrote:
... to say nothing of studying. So, I too suspect the college freshman will have little or no time to sew. She doesn't want to sew -- she wants to make sure that she keeps her clothing in good repair. |
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Karen Maslowski wrote:
Only Kate could get into trouble with boys via a sewing machine! LOL Please explain how you managed that! Karen Maslowski in Ohio Kate Dicey wrote: My ole hand crank got me into (and out of!) more trouble than I care to mention at college! Yup, with the boys... And it was a C of E college with PLENTY extra curricular activities. The Outdoor Education types - those who were doing a combination of climbing/mountaineering, sailing, white water canoe stuff... Always ripping gear and needing it mended. I ended up one afternoon with 3 blokes sitting in my room with no trousers on while I sewed bits back on their breeks! They were also the crew who had me sewing the lorry tarp (Ian's Land Rover [ex army and... hm... 'tatty' fits the bill!] needed a new one made from a tarp that literally fell off the back of a lorry onto his bonnet on the A1!), spray decks for the circumnavigation or Ireland by kayak (all the way round with no land support team!), and various other things like tent zips - for which I was payed in beer, bottles of wine, free trips to Scotland (and guaranteed place in a tent, rather than having to bivvy), and other things. I was dangled off rocks, hauled up hills, given hypothermia and resuscitated from it, dunked out of kayaks into the river, and generally shown a good time as only mountain freaks can do it! -- Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! |
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mamahays wrote:
machine.... Maybe a really good, well stocked, but small hand sewing kit would be a better idea. That way if she needed to do some mending, she could. But she wouldn't have to give up any room. That gives me an idea. My mom used to have an old hand-held sewing thing that made a chain stitch, and my dad used to have a sewing awl to use on leather. Maybe something like that, which would give her a better stitch than she can do by hand, might work. |
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Perhaps her campus parent has a machine she could borrow when the need
arises. I saw the outside gates to BJU when in Greenville with my DD when she visited Furman U. Nice part of the country, but I'm glad she stuck closer to home. I hope your DD has a wonderful experience there. "Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply" wrote in message ... Karen Maslowski wrote: Since Melinda's daughter is at a Christian college, she may just need something to keep her busy when she's not studying. I vote for sending her a machine. My daughter asked for one last year (her second year at college), and she actually used it. Plus, she left it in her storage locker over the summer, which surprised and thrilled me. Not only is it a Christian college, but it's an old-school fundamental separatist college and has some of the strictest rules around -- as an underclass female under age 23, I think the age limit is, she's not allowed off campus without either an upperclass female, a faculty/staff member of the college, or an adult immediate relative (parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle -- not a sibling) to accompany her. That is for her own protection and for the sake of the University maintaining the reputation that she went there for. Not your typical college experience. She has a "campus parent" who wil take her on errands, but this campus parent has two "campus daughters" (and, I understand, an adorable Miniature Schnauzer) and they all go places all at the same time. |
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Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply wrote:
georg wrote: Maybe her sophmore year she'll take her sewing machine, who knows. Talk to her about it. She's not coming back except for Christmas for the next 4-6 years unless she ends up having to drop out to work more to pay for her tuition. And we both agree that she cannot take a machine with her -- they are all too big to take as carryon, and my dad flew for TWA for 40 years before he retired and I know too many horror stories about checked-in luggage that I will not let her take one as check-in luggage. This part I didn't know. That makes more sense now. You hadn't said she did say she wanted one, and that's why I was pushing the "talk to her and make sure she wants one." I hope you both find one you agree on. -georg |
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Kate Dicey wrote:
The Outdoor Education types - those who were doing a combination of climbing/mountaineering, sailing, white water canoe stuff... Always ripping gear and needing it mended. I ended up one afternoon with 3 blokes sitting in my room with no trousers on while I sewed bits back on their breeks! They were also the crew who had me sewing the lorry tarp (Ian's Land Rover [ex army and... hm... 'tatty' fits the bill!] needed a new one made from a tarp that literally fell off the back of a lorry onto his bonnet on the A1!), spray decks for the circumnavigation or Ireland by kayak (all the way round with no land support team!), and various other things like tent zips - for which I was payed in beer, bottles of wine, free trips to Scotland (and guaranteed place in a tent, rather than having to bivvy), and other things. I was dangled off rocks, hauled up hills, given hypothermia and resuscitated from it, dunked out of kayaks into the river, and generally shown a good time as only mountain freaks can do it! Now I know you had a good time in college... lisae |
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