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.
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| 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.
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
