Wednesday, March 31, 2010
well my kiddies are home this week on their spring break..so I have been super busy keeping them entertained and/or driving them here and there. I have not gotten many things sewing wise accomlished..but it is always somewhere in my mind still trying to get it to make more sense. I have been reading blogs and I am finding alot super helpful and entertaining. Pictures are coming.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Welcome to my crazy life! I decided withing the past couple of days to make my blog about what I am now trying to concur..sewing. So really I am learning two new things...blogging..never done before although I have read some..and sewing. About a week ago I bought myself a sewing machine. I did do a little research online..probably not enough..but some..and I wanted something cheap enough but good for a beginner. And I came up with a Singer Simple. I got it at Walmart for about 80 bucks..not bad. (pics coming).
So now with the sewing machine I also got myself some remnent fabric to learn and practice on, extra bobbins, a bobbin case, a little beginner sewing kit with pin cushion..I think that was all..but remember I was going by the fly of my pants..or however that saying goes.
I got everything home and read the manual..set the machine up..taught myself to thread it..with some help from you tube videos...wish I could remember their names..note to self for future..and I practices for a couple hours with thread length..width and tension..but after that I got quite bored and wanted to jump in a start sewing some clothes...
The very next day I took a trip over to my local Joanns..spent a couple minutes trying to understand that whole getting patterns concept..then say a woman looking through catalogs..I must of freaked her out a little..me standing there looking at her..well it would of creeped me out a bit..anyways from there I located the filing cabinets along both sides of the "aisle". Im a pretty smart cookie sometimes and I got how it all works..tah dah..so I pulled up a chair and slid one of those catalogs over to me..I think it was a Mccalls..and started browsing..wish I brought some paper and a pen..but it was a nice way to spend 20 mins. I ended up just getting one of the patterns that were out in the open on a rack..See&Sew B5203..it looked easy enough to do..and I quickly picked up from reading the back about how much fabric and what not I would need..sorta..(pics of pattern coming too) then I mosied (sp?) over to all the fabric and spent entirely too long looking..Im sure employees must of been keeping an eye on me...(however I have since learned from other blogs I was normal..for most) anyways I got myself a nice silkie purple fabric and black...dang I forgot the word (remember I am new..very very new to all of this) lining? My grand plan was to sew them together because the purple fabric is kinda see thru..well I made my purchase and headed home...sigh..One thing I learned..I needed to do much much more research. I have to keep telling myself that just because I want to know how to do something doesnt not mean that I will just wake up and automatically know how to do it...sigh..
I am going to get some of my pics together and continue on with my past week..and my very first sewing project completed..no it isnt the see and sew top..stay tuned...
So now with the sewing machine I also got myself some remnent fabric to learn and practice on, extra bobbins, a bobbin case, a little beginner sewing kit with pin cushion..I think that was all..but remember I was going by the fly of my pants..or however that saying goes.
I got everything home and read the manual..set the machine up..taught myself to thread it..with some help from you tube videos...wish I could remember their names..note to self for future..and I practices for a couple hours with thread length..width and tension..but after that I got quite bored and wanted to jump in a start sewing some clothes...
The very next day I took a trip over to my local Joanns..spent a couple minutes trying to understand that whole getting patterns concept..then say a woman looking through catalogs..I must of freaked her out a little..me standing there looking at her..well it would of creeped me out a bit..anyways from there I located the filing cabinets along both sides of the "aisle". Im a pretty smart cookie sometimes and I got how it all works..tah dah..so I pulled up a chair and slid one of those catalogs over to me..I think it was a Mccalls..and started browsing..wish I brought some paper and a pen..but it was a nice way to spend 20 mins. I ended up just getting one of the patterns that were out in the open on a rack..See&Sew B5203..it looked easy enough to do..and I quickly picked up from reading the back about how much fabric and what not I would need..sorta..(pics of pattern coming too) then I mosied (sp?) over to all the fabric and spent entirely too long looking..Im sure employees must of been keeping an eye on me...(however I have since learned from other blogs I was normal..for most) anyways I got myself a nice silkie purple fabric and black...dang I forgot the word (remember I am new..very very new to all of this) lining? My grand plan was to sew them together because the purple fabric is kinda see thru..well I made my purchase and headed home...sigh..One thing I learned..I needed to do much much more research. I have to keep telling myself that just because I want to know how to do something doesnt not mean that I will just wake up and automatically know how to do it...sigh..
I am going to get some of my pics together and continue on with my past week..and my very first sewing project completed..no it isnt the see and sew top..stay tuned...
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