Sewing!
I’m pretty excited about expanding my sewing skills beyond basic straight-seam quilts. Some friends gave me a subscription to Craft magazine for my birhtday and my first issue just arrived, filled with directions for how to “Whip Up a Party Dress!”, make an apron out of a “vintage” bedsheet, and tips for making pants that fit. I am discovering cool and helpful blogs on crafting (that’s what making crafts is called these days) and particularly sewing.
I gave myself this entire week as vacation and by the end of it I’ll have a few completed projects. Tonight: an easy apron. Tomorrow: pajama pants? Wednesday: altering a skirt and a button-front shirt to clothing I’ll actually wear.
I am going to be able to sew my own clothing! Not all of it, of course, just some of it, like a special dress or a unique shirt or a comfortable pair of pajama pants. You realize what this means? I am inexorably transforming into my mother, who sewed her own wedding gown and my Easter dresses when I was a little girl and pajamas for the whole family and the infamous flag pants. Oh god, the flag pants… somebody stop me if I start making those….
ZoeJane replied:
congratulations on finding a fulfilling hobby 🙂 I’m sure a few people will speak out should you start slipping toward the flag pants side of the spectrum.
December 10, 2007 at 7:20 pm. Permalink.
mom replied:
well hahahaha the flag pants material was really really on a fabulous sale hahaha
but the pattern WAS good and comfy
and NEW too, you all loved having something NEW
🙂
December 11, 2007 at 4:05 pm. Permalink.