Tuesday, September 2, 2008

How I love sewing, how I wish I was better at it!

I am pretty new to sewing. I really enjoy it, but I haven't done a lot of it. But every time (twice) I am pregnant I have this burning desire to sew all of the bedding for my baby's nursery. The first time I had not sewn in over 15 years so my stepmom, friend Darlene and my Mamaw helped me. We decided on a cowboy theme. It seems that I know what I want in my head, but I couldn't find it in the stores, so that is why I chose to make my own. So here is a picture of my son's room as it was a few years ago:



For my next child, I found out that I was going to have a girl (well, they were 80% sure) so I decided to do sage green and pink. I love toile, and so I chose that and some striped material to do her room in. There was no theme, I just decided to do this:




















I am not the best at sewing, but I really enjoy it. I used to scrapbook, but to me, there was never completion with scrapbooking. At least with sewing there is an end. There is a time when the project is done. So that is why I enjoy sewing. What hobbies do you enjoy? And is it "how I wish I was better at it" or "how I wish I were better at it"? Grammar police, please help.


8 comments:

  1. Beautiful sewing Gretchen. I wish I were better at sewing as well. One of these days when my basement is finished and I have a sewing room, I will get better! By the way, the grammar police have arrived. The gramatically correct way is, "How I love sewing, how I wish I were better at it!" I won't bore you with the details of why, that's just how it is! Missed you at bible study this morning.

    Sarah

    (sorry, I'm not smart enough to figure out how to not post this as "anonymous")

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  2. "I wish I was"

    "We wish we were"

    Just like you wouldn't say, "I were better at sewing", you also wouldn't say, "I WISH I were better at sewing". You just have to break up the sentence to figure it out. :)

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  3. ...so I guess Sarah and I are in disagreement. Lol.

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  4. I love your nurseries! Sewing is by far my favorite hobby. I wish I had more time to sew, though!

    And I am not the one to correct grammar! I am interested to hear what is correct!

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  5. You did such a lovely job. I wish I could sew, but I am terrible at it. Mamaw came over last summer and spent an unbelievable amount of time trying to help me, but I just can't do it. Can't even sew on a button - no joke!

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  6. okay, back to the grammar issue. The reason you would say "I wish I were better at it" is because the influction of the verb is subjunctive. That said, in present language structure, the other is correct as well. Language has a way of evolving. sorry... this has really been bothering me so I had to figure it out. I'm odd, I know.
    Sarah

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  7. sorry, I meant the mood of the verb is subjunctive...
    now there's your English lesson for the day kids.

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  8. Sarah,

    It has been bothering me too! Thank you for finding out for us. So, in conclusion - should I change it or leave it alone? "were" just sounds better to me. I need to e-mail my aunt - she was my English teacher.

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