Sew on and Sew Forth

Darts and zippers, no thank you!

Mary McGrath
Nov 1 · 2 min read
Photo by J Williams on Unsplash

I hate to sew. I’m not very good at following directions so putting me in a class like that in junior high was a recipe for disaster.

We were required to make a skirt. I was supposed to follow a pattern-some paper thing that was supposed to guide us in our sewing adventure. Whoops…

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Mary McGrath

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Mary writes from Los Angeles and Naples, FL. Some of her credits include: Newsweek, Wall St. Journal, Good Housekeeping, and Chicken Soup for the Soul.

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