Chapter 248 - 0248: Encouraging Wang Jiao 4_1
Feng Qingxue touched the button on her jacket and laughed, "Cousin, let me tell you, making your own clothes is so convenient. You can make whatever you want, and even add some fancy little decorations, making them look different than the ones outside. Whether it’s the tailors out there or our older generation, their clothes and shoes are all conventional, even turning pants into sacks."
Wang Jiao lowered her head to look at her own pants, they really did look like sacks, didn’t they?
In the summer, she would only wear one pair of pants, and when winter came, these pants would be worn over her cotton trousers. She needed them all year round.
They just looked so ugly!
Moreover, the wind would blow right through them when walking!
Feng Qingxue felt like she had an opportunity and continued, "See, your pants don’t look good, do they? Although mine are also loose, they’re not like sacks like yours. If you could make your own clothes, you could take some measurements, cut along the seams in the summer, iron them and they would look nice on you. When it’s time to wear cotton clothes, you just need to tear them open again and sew them back to their original size. This way, you could wear them all year round without wasting a single piece of cloth."
Fearing that she had taught Wang Jiao to waste cloth in a situation where cloth tickets were scarce, she quickly added this.
Then she laughed again, "I have a sewing machine here, and special thread for it. With the help of a sewing machine, it’s much more convenient and faster than sewing by hand. You’re welcome to come and use it often."
Wang Jiao appeared thoughtful, it made sense!
"Even if it’s patching, you can sew a pretty patch or embroider a flower on it. This handbag was made from scraps of cloth, you can also make a shirt with patches. The front and back are covered with terraced cloth, and the sleeves are made from a single color cloth, it looks good. I plan to make a similar piece for Yunyun." Scraps of cloth don’t bother the eyes and the results are quite lovely.