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...