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

Neat Idea

So I wanted to put up a new idea everyday and since today has been so long I've went with the easy route. I have the craftgawker app for my phone and stumbled across this neat idea for re-purposing bread closer tag thingies(yes that's the technical term). Bread tag thingies are something we throw away without thinking, but what if we saved some to help us be more organized? How often do you look at a surge protector needing to unplug something and can't figure out what the heck the cord goes to? With this idea no more confusion!

Image from Unplggd

Tomorrow is crafting day while keeping my niece so I'm sure I'll have lots to post.