On Sun, Jun 23, 2024 at 12:38 PM, Ted Zanders wrote:
When was the last time someone you knew, <snip> who sewed a dress or shirt from a pattern.
My wife, a now-retired home economics teacher from Palo Alto High School, knows the answer to this not-so-hypothetical question.? The cost of buttons, zipper, thread, pattern and plain fabric far exceed the cost of completed and nice-looking clothing made in India and other nearby places.? Which explains why the school district had 24 home economics teachers when she started working there but had only two when she retired.? Most all of them were replaced with computer or software instructors as they retired over the years.? Even high schools gotta change with the times.? Sort-of like S scale.? Ed L.
Ed Loizeaux
Los Altos, CA
