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Why is it that I can happily spend a whole month making a dress from scratch, but I can't find five minutes to stitch up a hole in a beloved blouse?
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What is it that makes a self-declared sewing addict stay up late into the night mulling over the choice of seam finishes on a home make but not blink an eye at the trousers that have been sitting on her sewing table for three months awaiting hemming?
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And speaking of hemming, how can this sewing machine fiend spend two years sleeping in a room with a curtain looking like this?
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What makes a grown woman attempt to hide a much-needed cushion project behind their bedroom door?
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How on earth can a pile of clothing needing adjustments pile up so quickly?
Sewing chores. Bores!
[Soundtrack: 'Whatcha Gonna Do?' by Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters]