I'm beginning to wonder if the time has come where I won't be able to buy anything in the store: I now feel I can sew...a little bit!I decided to get crafty last Wed., and stopped by Wal-Mart to pick up some fabric to try my hand at sewing. Mind you, I had not done any sewing of my own free will since I was 14 and was scarred for life by my older sister whose patience was exceeded. Anyway, in the past week I've made aprons for Lovely and Snugglebug, and I turned a pair of $5 jeans into a really cute skirt with a pleat in the back. I also made a necklace for the first time (not counting macaroni or string necklaces).
Miraculously, I only had a couple seams to rip out, I only cried at the very beginning when I couldn't figure out how to use my sewing machine that I had purchased two years ago, and although I have a few needle marks in the tips of my fingers, I'm really looking forward to my next project (I'll let you know once they're completed--yes, there is more than one project in my mind). I had no idea how freeing a lack of a pattern is! I used a cheap kid's apron as my example for the girls (yes, I realize aprons are a 7th grade home-ec project, but you have to start somewhere, right?) and just cut and matched the fabric for the skirt. Although these aren't grade A, excellent products, I have had a wonderful talent in the past of sewing the wrong sides of material together, making things much tighter and smaller than I had ever measured or imagined, and overall, my sewing stank! This time I used a can-do attitude, and although I've tried it in the past, it worked this time!
Here's a look at my projects:
Snugglebug's Apron 
Lovely's Apron. She has a fascination with "spots" right now.
Front of $5 jeans (this is Lovely's, of course) 
Back of $5 jeans
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Awwww Jennifer that is awesome! I for one am soooooo proud of you! I too am in the same boat. I grew up with a mom and could sew almost anything. She wanted to badly for her only daughter to share her love of sewing...NOT! That was the last thing I wanted to do was be stuck inside sewing something frilly while I could be outside tromping all over the local forestry..(yes I know I was weird)
ReplyDeleteBut now it pains me deeply because I'd give anything to know how to sew, but it is so hard to learn when I have a mother that is great at it and retired not 2 miles from me:)
Great job, Jennifer! I need to more sewing...I just always seemed to get sidetracked on some other project. Right now my main focus is losing fat and reducing clutter so I guess sewing will be on the sidelines for now.
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