So if you could have a flunky . . .

[Taffy Saltwater]

What heinous task would you drop in her lap?  I ask as I thread a needle for the umpteenth time - pearling a net Italian cap.  If I could just have someone pass me a threaded, knotted needle each time I tie off a "pearl", I would think I'd died & gone to heaven.

[Welsh Wench]

That's easy--

'Flunky? Please french-seam this sleeve to the blouse back and front!'

If I get it right, it is only by co-incidence.

[Katie Bookwench]

I would like my flunky to do those hand bound eyeletts, and hem.

And, gosh, since we're waxing fantastical, I would also like my flunkie to be a GUY.   

He would also be required to pick up any dropped (accidentally or otherwise) items, and to always wear tight jeans when helping in the sewing room.

(The Wench and Garb Diva in me are always fighting for supremacy -- in this fantasy, they both win!)

[Hoowil]

Get a complete, accurate set of measurements from a toddler.. and be responsible for test fittings of said child..

[gem]

EASY:  Stand here with me and do fittings.  Milord is getting *very* good at it, but I hate to impose on him too much.

[Hoowil]

its not the measuring and fitting I have trouble with, it the measuring and fitting of a less than cooperative 21 month old...

[isabelladangelo]

Measuring and fitting the dog wasn't too bad...

http://flickr.com/photos/jubileel/2926063994/

And she ended up wearing her Viking Puppy outfit yesterday...

http://flickr.com/photos/jubileel/2950890095/

(here's what I was going for: http://flickr.com/photos/12437506@N06/1391766919/ in terms of look)

For me, it would be ironing all the linen after it comes out of the dryer.  I use to have male flunkies, but my brothers are now too old and live on the other side of the beltway....   (They'd help me fold up the gazillion yards of fabric just so I could pull it out again later and lay it perfect flat on the floor...which they'd also help with.  When my youngest brother wasn't even a teen yet, he'd help cut out the pattern pieces.)

[Margaret]

Oh to have a flunky....


He would:

~Be an expert at fitting.
~Be a champ at hemming
~Be a sport about the clean up after the sewing.
~Be just a wiz at hand sewn eyelets
~Be an expert at the art of massage, because hunching over a sewing machine all day gives a girl some sore spots.   

[Alisoun]

...he would scour the internet for fabric deals each day.
...he would stand in the cutting line at the fabric store.

[Rani Zemirah]

... he would take care of all the mundane chores around the house so I could get some work done on my GARB!!!

[Kehle]

He'd rip out that seam I just messed up on again and cut all my patterns out for me. I don't mind so much sewing them together, I just hate cutting them out.

He'd also help me with my hems, it's hard to do that alone cause I don't have a dress form so I put on the garmet, but when I look down to see the hem it gets longer so I have to guess. Very bothersome.

And I need him to get on his hands and knees with a magnet every so often to find the pins I drop.

[Miranda]

I'd want someone to pink and slash fabric for me.

[sealion]

It would be grat to have someone to do all of the cutting and pinning for me so all I have to do it the actul sewing. I actually enjoy doing the handstitched eyelets, hems, etc. lol

[LaurenLee]

He needs to cartridge-pleat and sew my skirts to my waistbands!!!!!

[Sorcha]

He must iron the linen and cut the duck cloth.  Oh how I and my hands loath cutting duck.