Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Sewww..... I'm not a seamstress

I've always wanted to know how to sew.  I can throw a quick hand stitch into something if needed but never have used a sewing machine.  (Probably because of the fear my mom put into me of sewing my finger off lol)
Anyway, I finally talked my mom into showing me how to use a sewing machine.  After much confusion of threading the needle and bobbin, I got it done and settled down to sew my first item.  A sweatshirt bag I had seen on the Maiden Jane blog.  I cut up my very first sweatshirt from college and prepared to make a beautiful bag out of the shirt with so many memories.  Boy was I delusional.  After first forgetting the hem at the top, I broke the thread, had to call mom for help on fixing it and in the end it still looked like crap lol But I took this as a learning experience. 
   
My 1st attempt at sewing.  Believe me it looks worse in person lol

 After the horrible 1st attempt I decided today to give it another try.  I had been to the dollar tree and got this really cute shirt for $1 in the hopes that one day i could make it into something. 


Deciding that it would be a worthy sacrifice I carried it to the sewing machine.  After laughing for about an hour, I emerged with this lovely piece of work. 

As you can see, I designed this for carrying things that are moon shaped. 

Bottom line.... I suck at sewing lol  If I lived in a 3rd world country I would be flat broke and hooking on the street corners for my money rather than working in a sweatshop. 

Oh well, maybe I'll try again sometime. 

Hillkat

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