I don’t deny that she can sew, but that’s pretty clearly what you get when you use a Simplicity pattern for a Halloween costume.

So – just ignore any “sexist’ spin you think you’re hearing, and if sewing interests you, quit whining and just do it. ;)

Decades later, enter burning man and punkadelic DIY, un-harshing my sewing buzz.   I picked up a turquoise, vintage, all-metal workhorse of a machine at a yard sale for $20, and got back to work.  Another decade later, and that bugger still sews everything from handwoven silk to leather and everything in-between.

Keep sewing!  And like anything else, remember to disregard anyone who tries to harsh your innocent loves.   When they try to make fun of you, it really is their problem.

Sewing electronics into clothes has real and useful application

It could also be creepy.
Brazilian schools microchip T-shirts to cut truancy

While I know kids aren’t going to start up a store, you’d think they’d have tapped into the internet more and harnessed it to cater more to their own sewing subculture.  And that some adults might have seen the trend and made a website with the products and answers and vibe the younger set is wanting.  Seems like a niche market that is underserved.  Either an upstart that “gets it” could have some real opportunity or a traditional sewing company could branch out and start serving the young market.  They could not only make lots of sales on the kids while they’re tweens, but start building loyalty now to retain their business as adults.

Especially with sewing being an interest a lot of parents could easily support funding.  Lots of moms my age would MUCH rather buy their daughter or son a new sewing pattern than a Justin Bieber CD, a new sewing machine than a new handheld video game console.  They’d rather have them sewing cool clothes of their own than following whatever trend Abercrombie or Hot Topic is pushing this week. 

I work in IT, and I’ve always been creative. I can’t draw or paint to save my live, so my creativity was always confined to the virtual world. Graphic design, websites, that sort of stuff.
In sewing, I have found something that allows my creativity to spill into the real world. It doesn’t require me to be able to draw, and a lot of my geeky skills are really handy when sewing.
There is nothing like wearing something you’ve made yourself. I would advise everyone to give it a go. And don’t let the trolls get to you. I’ve made a ton of friends online solely based on the fact that we both like to sew. 
I learned to sew on my own, and I started after 30. Sure, I’m no genius, but the jeans I make are pretty effin darn fantastic, to me :)

For the record, I am a male member of the SCA with degrees in engineering and physics who goes so far as to cast pewter buttons to hold his garments together.  I frequently use simple geometry and trigonometry to make patterns for hoods, cloaks and tunics, and have been known to tell folk that Euclid is all you need to know to master sleeves and collars.  I also came 3rd in my year of ~220 in year 8 sewing; the next bloke was 50-somethingth.  I am happy to have continued sewing as an adult, as it gives me a creative outlet, is fun, and you get awesome looks from the ladies at fabric shops when this 6’1″, long haired and bearded and ask where the silk brocade is :)

(And yes, I have multiples of every knitting gadget. Toys are fun.)

use your singer regularly, and make sure it’s oiled.  you may already know this, but just in case, you can go to singer’s website and download a reprint of the original manual for free, if you know what model yours is (and there’s a website for that, too, if you google)!

Learn to sew. Seriously.
Not only will you likely be the only guy in a class FULL of attractive, crafty, friendly and hip women, you’ll be able to alter your own clothing… and the difference between how off-the-rack vs. tailored clothing looks is *very* measurable. Even if you’re a little on the heavier side, wearing clothes that were built to fit you specifically will make you look amazing.

 OR take something of fantastic quality you’ve found in a thrift store and completely alter it to fit. Old super-wide neckties can easily be shrunk down to a more modern slim look, dress shirts that are too wide (I suffer from the tall but not very wide ‘problem’) can easily be darted to fit, etc.

You can build an incredible wardrobe for what one decent suit new would cost.

And don’t get me started on making your own throw pillows or duvet covers…

I don’t sew; I just learned enough to do some extremely basic mending.  It was a revelation to me, though, to find out that, in eastern Kentucky, several of the men of the family had sewn.  I got to see this beautiful double wedding ring that was sewn by one of my mom’s uncles.  Well, come to that, take several of the stereotypes you hear about the region and throw them out.

“Young women and girls are reclaiming that image,” 

and you realized the neutral terms weren’t reflective of the averages.

maybe some black-and-chrome sewing equipment would masculinize it ::eyeroll::