I DID IT!
The first time I ever sewed, and I did not sew my fingers!!!
Sewing with Cats
Not to be outdone by Einstein in appreciation of crafty goodness, Clive decided to help me with my first major sewing project. I’m making what I thought was a relatively simple skirt from a Simplicity pattern and have had nothing but issues and dumb blonde moments from the start. Clive, seeing that as a definite brunette I am struggling with the blondeness, decided to come to my rescue.
His first attempt at helping me was to assist with laying the pattern pieces out properly. The fabric I bought is 60″ wide, which I thought would make it easier to lay out and then cut. Uh, no. The directions for the 60″ layout have involved multiple phone calls to my mother, a trip to the store on her part so she could look at the pattern (remember - she lives in ATLANTA), and several instances of folding everything up and hiding it in the armoire.
Clive pointed out that I should measure my fabric length and my pattern pieces to see if I could just use the more-logical and easier-to-follow layout for the 45″ fabric. He then pointed out that I should measure my pattern piece for the actual view I wanted instead of the longer view that I wasn’t trying to make. Hmph. Some cats think they’re SO smart.
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New Hobby
So, Al has flipped out completely and embrassed her inner Martha. The pre-criminal Martha, of course!
Either Martha or that creepy chick on PBS who teaches people how to quilt.
Anyway, here are my 6 dresses I made.
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I did it!!
I finally sewed something with my new sewing machine! (And no, it was not paper like scrapbooking overachievers — kidding! — do.)
I woke up way too early on Saturday and decided to pull out the sewing machine. I’d bought a cute fabric remnant at Wal-Mart so I could play and also get the machine de-greased from the factory oiling. The fabric was a 21″ rectangle … evenly cut, lightweight, etc.
I’d had this idea about making a pillow for the cats — with a twist.
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