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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. Christian kids don't have extracurricular fun at college? Boy, that's not a great recruiting tool! LOL -- The Blessed Fiddy, Patroness Saint of the Disorganized LC in Sunny So Cal Personality Development Specialist (Full-Time Mom!) |
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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! Karen Maslowski in Ohio Fiddy wrote: 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. Christian kids don't have extracurricular fun at college? Boy, that's not a great recruiting tool! LOL |
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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. Doesn't matter what flavor the college is- there will be a lot of stuff to do! I went to a Women's college in the middle of Nowhere NY. Believe me- there was tons to do. Theater, sports, yearbook, newspaper, choir, bellringing (in a belltower), all night film festivals, swimming and sailing in the lake.... and that doesn't count hitting the other colleges nearby or shopping. Young adults will find stuff to do - they are so full of energy. Maybe her sophmore year she'll take her sewing machine, who knows. Talk to her about it. -georg Wells College '91 |
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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! 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. -- 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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Gee, I did not infer wild parties from that
message. I figured the previous poster was merely referring to the sports, late night gab fests, movies, learning how to play bridge, hanging at the student union ... to say nothing of studying. So, I too suspect the college freshman will have little or no time to sew. PAT in VA/USA 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! Karen Maslowski in Ohio Fiddy wrote: 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. Christian kids don't have extracurricular fun at college? Boy, that's not a great recruiting tool! LOL |
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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. |
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georg wrote:
Since she wasn't interested in taking her own machine, and she probably isn't going to do a lot of sewing, I suggest having a long chat with her about why she didn't take a sewing machine. She may simply not think it's cool to have a sewing machine at college or actually plan to use one at all. She may prefer to back-burner the sewing hobby entirely while away at college. And there is nothing wrong with that- there's a lot to do at college. She may also change her mind later. Her stated reason was because it was too big and she wasn't sure if she would have room for it -- also, she went to college with only what she could take on the airplane without excess baggage charges, and she did say that she wanted a machine at school to do repairs. My neice took her sewing machine to college because she loves making costumes and college affords a lot of opportunities for that. She's also a theater major. She got her first sewing machine of her own from her grandmother while a freshman with all of that in mind. I've loved sewing for most of my life, but I left the machine at home when I went to college. I did not have time to do sewing. Room for me wasn't the issue- if I wanted it, I would have made the room happen. I think you have a good handle on what machines are available and are good options. One of my friends swears by her Genie. But because your money is tight, I'd talk to her about it before you send her a machine that she has no interest in receiving. -georg |
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Barbara Raper wrote:
Melinda, there are 3 good sewing machine shops within 4 miles of BJU where she might get a machine that doesn't cost very much. Heirloom Stitching might be the closest. The city bus runs fairly regular, but the system has been known to shut down for a few months, now and then. Also, there are possible clothing construction classes at BJU and she might have the use of the machines after supper. That is what I did at another university a long time ago. Ah, that would be an excellent thing to pursue, and that would save her having to take one over there. I will suggest that she check into this. She is on their work-study program and doesn't really have time to go out shopping for a sewing machine herself because she's working 18 hrs a week on top of her school load. But I will look them up and give them a call and see if they have anything small. |
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Roberta Zollner wrote:
Back in the dark ages when I lived in a dorm, I had my (full size) machine with me. Used to do mending and alterations to earn book money. Good therapy too. (Hadn't started quilting way back then.) I was thinking that maybe she might also earn some spare cash doing mending for other girls as well. And she did say that she wanted a machine. |
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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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