A Seamstress by Any Other Name Would Sew as Straight?

[femkederoas]

Something that has just recently started to annoy me but has apparently been a bugaboo in the blogosphere for a while is the use of the word "sewist

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[alysten]

See??? I had just vented my "sewist" spleen venom on the poor guy who was interviewing for a position here. And now you've gotten me all riled up again.

[femkederoas]

Was he claiming to be a sewist, interviewing for a position as a tailor... or just standing too close to the 5" gun?

[alysten]

Just standing too close. Fortunately for him, I wasn't running the interview and everyone was in CA.

[femkederoas]

Well, if you KNOW any sewists, maybe one of them could make him a Mamluk firecoat. For next time.

But not out of wool, on account of it's so flammable.

[mistressarafina]

Where did this term come from?

[femkederoas]

No idea where it came from. It turns up on hipster sewing blogs and has been adopted by a lot of the sewing industry, to my deep disgust.