I have wanted to learn how to sew for over 20 years and since I tagged '09 as Action Year, I decided to do it. How hard can it be? As it turns out, its headache-inducing hard - and its only day 2 of the Basic Sewing Skills short course at the London College of Fashion.
It seems that I have become so accustomed to the 'big picture' - which characterises the strategic view of all things business, my core strength - that I have become unaccustomed to taking and implementing SIMPLE instructions. Its so frustrating not knowing what the final project will be that I want to yell at the instructor but I fear she will throw me out of the class.
But I get what is going on in a way one sees things clearly as an observer. The course is tagged BASIC because we are building a foundation. If one learns the basic skills right (or best practice as S-Lee, my instructor, calls it) with a little bit of imagination, fantastic things can be created.
I must say though that my respect for people who sew for a living - not the fashion designers, but the guys who slave over sewing machines in factories and sweat shops - is greatly renewed.
My sincere prayer is that this will eventually follow the same process as learning to drive. The first few lessons are high stress, but once you get the hang of it, you really don't have to engage ALL your senses in getting from A to B.
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