Sewing Fun!!!
On the 6th of November I had my first ever sewing
lesson with an old friend and ex colleague Sarah Waghorn who runs a company
called i.make (https://www.facebook.com/i.makehomedecor)
she welcomed me into her home along with a friend and current colleague of mine.
We had a lovely evening and were made to feel very welcome, there were a few
giggles alongside a few frustrated groans and the night was an overall success.
At this time I had kindly been given a sewing machine by John’s mum but I did
not have the pedal and therefore no power, it wasn't until the evening of
November 14th that I received
the bits that I needed to get the machine working.
During the evenings of that
week I spent my time tinkering and testing my new machine and developing skills. I found out
whilst at Sarah’s that I could sew a lovely straight line but curves weren't my
thing. so I spent my time practicing this on John’s old shirts and sewing bits
of fleece onto old fabric.
Before my lesson I had ordered a book from Amazon called 'Sewing Machine Basics' I had been reading it for a little while now so I decided
to go ahead with my first project the envelope cushion cover. I
cut up an old quilt cover and set to it. I completed the cushion cover very
quickly and was surprised how easy it was it didn't even look that bad ;-)
I had already decided that I wanted to make my Mum an apron
for Christmas and this happened to be project 3 in the book. So I cut up some
more of my old quilt to start practicing. I got about half way through when I
decided that I was going to go for it and start the real thing. I ordered the
fabric from the internet then set off into town to pick the bindings and
thread. I made the apron without any real dramas and it looks really impressive
(even if I do say so myself) I felt soo proud of my work and really enjoyed
every minute of it. And so my new addiction begins!! Watch this space for more projects and interesting makes.
