Never Too Old To Learn Something New (Guest post by Edward)

A good submissive is one that makes himself useful and valuable to his owner/wife. The more useful he becomes to her, the more easy it is for her to enjoy and embrace the FLR/WLM lifestyle. It is not all about sexual domination. The guest post below demonstrates this perfectly. I love the new skill that Edward is developing and refining, as well as the training method employed.  -Mz Kaylee 

 Never Too Old To Learn Something New

by Edward

About eight months ago, I was sitting in the family room watching a show on Netflix, while my wife was sewing up a tear she had put into the leg of her blue jeans.  I casually mentioned to her that I had seen a documentary named “The True Cost” produced in 2015.   I pointed out to her that many people just literally donate clothes to recycle stores with only minor tears, and many are donated after being worn once, or not even at all.  I had also learned the term Fast Fashion from that documentary.  She became interested, and we ended out watching it together.  It literally floored her at the volume of used clothes that these second

hand stores can’t deal with, and they get shipped off to foreign nations, and ultimately burnt over there, because they don’t want them either.

This got her thinking about something while we were watching the television.  She started questioning, why if her husband is supposed to be doing all the household work, then why is she the one sewing up her own jeans?  At the end of the program, she told me I would be learning how to sew..…by hand.

That weekend, the two of us went to our local Goodwill store, where I asked if we could search through their discard bins for clothes that were too far gone for them to sell.  I had planned to tell them I was looking for stuff to cut up for shop rags.  But my wife told them I was needing practice material to learn how to sew.   My wife picked out my practice clothes for me, to be sure I got variety.   We left with three garbage bags packed full of half destroyed jeans, shirts missing buttons, T-shirts, Ladies skirts, and clothes with separated seams etc.  These were all to be repaired, and practiced on by me every night by hand.

I’ve learned how to properly use a stitch remover to tear out a seam, and close it evenly again.   I’ve cut off the bottoms of many jean legs, and sewed in the hem, and learned to measure to keep both leg hems even.  She started me off with old jeans.  I would cut off an inch from the bottom, and sew in the hem.   Put in the hem, then cut my stitches, tear it right back out, and put it in again.  Hem, remove, measure, pin, stitch, remove, then repeat over, and over.  This is how I learned to alter pants evenly, with even stitches.  I certainly learned the importance of good quality, sharp scissors.  Next it was onto bringing in, and letting out the waist on endless pairs of discarded pants.  

From there, she advanced me to altering the waist on skirts, measuring, and hemming women’s pants.  I’ve also removed all the buttons from countless shirt fronts and cuffs then immediately sewn them back on.  This taught me how to place buttons evenly, and secure them well.  I believe I have completed every kind of fabric repair I can imagine.  I’m much better at hitting the eye of the needle with the thread now.  I learned patience, and frustration control through all of this. Patience was rigidly enforced by my wife, when I began removing, and sewing in skirt zippers again, and again.  Rotating through five skirts, I removed, and put the zipper back in multiple times on each.  Each night after my minimum two hours of sewing practice, I was to end smiling, and content.  Occasionally on a weekend, she allows me to put off the regular housekeeping, and practice my sewing for up to six hours.  Again, I’ve been ordered to end in a good mood, or else.

I’ve learned so much about thread.  There’s general purpose, Polyester, Rayon, and Nylon, just to name a few.  Thread weight, 40, 50, 60 etc, then there’s matching the thread content to my fabric content.  Next is choosing the proper needle for each particular job.  A year ago, I knew none of this.  I can now do the running stitch, backstitch, blanket stitch, ladder stitch, Herringbone, and flat fell stitches, and know which are appropriate in what situation.   We went to the fabric store together the first time to pick up some thread that my wife didn’t have.  But now I’m going in alone.  Given that most husbands never enter a fabric store, the staff now know me by name.

Once I’ve washed, ironed, and folded the clothes I haven’t destroyed, they are donated back to the store, where they can decide whether to sell, or toss them again.  I’m sure they’re being thrown out.  While we are there, my wife fills another three garbage bags with discarded varied pieces for me.  She just recently trusted me with one older pair of pants of hers that she wanted the pant leg let down on.  Believe me, I’m not even close to being an accomplished seamstress…. yet.   But I’m doing my best, still working at it, and improving.  

Upon discovering the joy of serving her in this manner, I asked my wife if I could please take a discarded dress, remove all the stitches, lay out, and look at all the pieces, then sew them all together again.  She happily agreed to this, but told me it was on the condition that I’d be doing this with multiple dresses of varying styles.  

She also made me this offer.   Once she is satisfied with my workmanship, she would pick a pattern I will cut out, then I’ll make myself one from scratch, start to finish, but under her supervision.   Now I have something to work towards, and serious motivation to progress, and improve! 

What does my wife get out of this?  Hopefully soon she won’t have any sewing to do unless she wants to.   What woman wouldn’t want that?  Meanwhile I get the satisfaction of being controlled in one more manner by my wife.  While being proud that as her househusband, I am now capable of taking another tedious task off her responsibility list.

To all submissive husbands, don’t be afraid to learn the skill of sewing if you haven’t already.   Sewing is eventually very enjoyable and I promise; do it properly, and you will absolutely win the admiration of your wife, and leader.  

(Edward)