i like to sew.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Sewing is the craft of fastening or attaching objects using stitches made with a needle and thread. Sewing is one of the oldest of the textile arts, arising in the Paleolithic era. Before the invention of spinning yarn or weaving fabric, archaeologists believe Stone Age people across Europe and Asia sewed fur and skin clothing using bone, antler or ivory needles and \"thread\" made of various animal body parts including sinew, catgut, and veins. For thousands of years, all sewing was done by hand. The invention of the sewing machine in the 19th century and the rise of computerization in the 20th century led to mass production and export of sewn objects, but hand sewing is still practiced around the world. Fine hand sewing is a characteristic of high-quality tailoring, haute couture fashion, and custom dressmaking, and is pursued by both textile artists and hobbyists as a means of creative expression. The first known use of the word \"sewing\" was in the 14th century. Sewing has an ancient history estimated to begin during the Paleolithic Age. Sewing was used to stitch together animal hides for clothing and for shelter. The Inuit, for example, used sinew from caribou for thread and needles made of bone; the indigenous peoples of the American Plains and Canadian Prairies used sophisticated sewing methods to assemble tipi shelters.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Sewing is one of the very oldest of the textile arts.  I love sewing though I wish I was more skilled at it."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I would love to be able to sew, but am not very good. My Mom was great at it. What sort of things do you sew?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I mend clothes using a sewing machine, though for many years all sewing was only done by hand."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I was taught hand sewing when I was young. I made a skirt - didn't turn out very well. Any ideas about the history of sewing?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Sewing has a long history - even before weaving fabric was invented, people sewed fur and skins together."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I didn't realize that, but it does make sense. When was the sewing machine invented, I wonder?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The sewing machine is generally thought to be invented by Thomas Saint in 1790.  It's made a HUGE difference is sewing productivity."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I can imagine and even people like me would have managed to use one!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "haha, yes!  Modern sewing machines make it a lot easier by removing most of the inconvience of hand sewing."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Perhaps I should get one and try making my own clothes again. It could be fun."}]