Remember the "sewing" incident on the space shuttle?

Years ago I remember a media fuss over someone on the ground congratulating a woman astronaut on the shuttle for her sewing when she did some sort of makeshift repair on the manipulator arm using some plastic covers off a manual and string to tie them onto it.

There was a fuss about whether it was sexist or something. Does anybody else remember this? I'm trying to see if my memory is anywhere close to the truth...