I try to be a positive person in life. I try not to rant (too often….). But occasionally, there are things worth ranting about! Like the quality of clothing. This shirt I bought my husband from Target? It lost the first button in the washing machine and another one not long after. All of the button threads look like this.
My daughter’s new coat from Macy’s? I must have re-sewn every darn button on it! She even returned it once because she was afraid to ask me again to sew on the buttons.
Why am I sewing it on? Good question. I left her with the needle and button one day thinking she could figure it out. She didn’t even try…..I am failing.
How about this new quilter’s glove I just bought from Joanns? Look at that fine stitching – right out of the bag!!!
I have a real problem with the quality of sewn goods these days, much of which is made overseas. We should have the tools/technology/robotics/inspection processes to have mastered how to sew on a button. Yet we continue to buy and accept crap.
Do you hate sewing on buttons as much as I do? Do you face this problem? What do you do – fix it? Return it?
I so agree with you Jane. I bought a top from JJill and the first time I washed it I lost a button. So I had to go out and buy all new buttons for it. It was a 75.00 shirt!!! It seems no matter where you shop the same thing happens. and I hate threads hanging also!! Quality is non existent these days.
I agree! And so many really nice stores have let the quality of things go downhill. I feel like our society has gotten so busy that we just don’t appreciate good quality. We are content to eat food full of junk. We accept poor customer service. And we don’t even expect our appliances to last very long! (I will step off the soap box now…)
Oh, Jane- I feel the exact same way. Buttons are one of my pet peeves. You just about have to re-sew every button on every item of clothing. So annoying! Another thing that annoys me is if they don’t tack down a facing and it keeps popping up. I should’t have to do that AFTER I buy something! Quality is definitely deteriorating.
I so totally agree! The quality of clothing and fabrics is so awful these days. We should inundate the stores and manufacturers with complaints and returns. I know, I am busy and don’t do this as often as I should either. But it needs to stop. And is any of it still made in this country? Not much.