Conquering My Fear of My Sewing Machine

I finally bucked up and tackled my sewing machine. Not literally. But I have gotten over my fear of it. It’s kind of hard to be afraid of something that you’ve taken apart and successfully put back together.

What I am definitely going to have to work on is cutting fabric. You can tell that [...]

Learning Curve

This weekend I decided to try my hand at this pattern. It’s super cute and I thought, “This should be easy! I’ll have this knocked out in no time.”? I was wrong. Mostly because I am still learning. so. much. This weekend I learned things like:

Tracing and cutting a pattern takes a LOT longer [...]

Because I Need to Gloat a Little More

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I just want to make one of these for every project I have right now. I can get the project and the pattern in the bag without fighting either one. Also? With something in it, it’ll stand up on its own. I totally gave myself a cookie AND a pat on the [...]

Look Ma! I Can Sew!

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Today, Keri showed me how to sew. She plunged me right in with the zipper,took a completely “no prisoners” attitude and showed me how to show my sewing machine who’s boss. And thanks to Keri, I made this.

Not bad, huh? And that’s the beginning [...]