Our first project was pajamas. Easy, right? Wrong. Dead wrong. It was so hard. I messed up with the serger and cut the fabric, I did the double needle hem the wrong way so I had to unpick it (and for anyone who's had to do that knows it's the worst). My waistband was a complete mess and they ended up being too small it the bum region. I don't even know how that happens with pajamas. But despite all the things that went wrong I was SO proud of myself. I had made something. And something I could wear. In the privacy of my own home.
Well, the other projects we did were similar is the fact that they were difficult but I did improve. And I knew I had to keep sewing cause I loved it so much. So when graduation came around I asked my mom if we still had the $40 sewing machine we bought at Walmart and kept in the garage for 8 years and, lo and behold, we did! And because my parents are wonderful they let me have it. And though the bobbin winder doesn't work anymore and sometimes it freaks out it works and has taught me a lot the past year.
So, I'm at the point now where I want to keep learning. But the opportunities are limited to someone who has lots of student loans to pay. So, I need a way to keep myself accountable with my own self teaching. And that's where this blog comes in.
This will become my new sewing blog. I know no one will probably read it but it will help me as I'm trying to learn how to do all these crazy things I want to do. I most likely won't be doing tutorials or anything but maybe someone will come across this and think, "hey, I think I could actually try that!" And then we will have even more people hooked on sewing. Success.
Anyways, stay tuned for my current project: the swimsuit.
