I actually sewed yesterday!

[dianec42]

As in, I got the sewing machine out and test-stitched some fabric for a test project. Yes, I'm feeling testy.

Some wag once made a pie chart of how one spends time when sewing, with actual "making stitches with the machine" being maybe 5%, the rest being things like pressing, cutting out, pinning, and swearing.

I would add to those: searching the house for things you know you own; rearranging the clutter to actually reach those things; changing the needle and presser foot; winding bobbins; finding a spare spool of thread when you run out winding the first bobbin; swearing at the sewing machine instructions because you can't remember how to actually do any of these things; and most of all KEEPING THE CATS FROM GETTING INVOLVED.

Might need a more detailed breakdown of the swearing wedge of the pie chart...

Comments

[quietann]

No wonder I got so far behind on my quilts! You're right; the actual sewing time is minimal.

[mesozoic]

So true.

Congratulations on getting some actual stitches in fabric!

[a_cubed]

So many things in life are like that. See the current claim that LLM-assisted coding can increase productivity by multiples because it can generate klocs in minutes.