Today I got brave and did something that I have been wanting to do for years. Years ago, my aunt gave me her sewing machine when she was moving into a retirement facility. It is a Kenmore from the 1970's--and my dear sweet auntie took very good care of this machine. Now mind you, I am not crafty at all. I took home economics back in 1973 and I did not do very well in the sewing projects. The sewing machine has been sitting in my computer room collecting dust. I looked at it from time to time and got frustrated because I could not figure out how to thread it. I could not find the book to it-so I set out looking for the companion book on Ebay and other corners of the web-to no avail. Then I went back into the boxes of my dear auntie's sewing things a second---maybe a third--- time--and lo and behold--I found the booklet in prestine condition. Boy was I relieved! :)
This morning I actually put the sewing machine on my kitchen table and read the little book on how to thread it. After fumbling here and there, I finally got the hang of it. Then I took the bobbin out of the machine and read the instructions about re-threading that! Yeah!!! I did it! I did have some trouble putting it back in--the mechanism kinda fell out---but I wiped the sweat off my brow and reread the instructions. When Hubby came home, I had him find me a phillips screw driver so I could tighten the mechanism. It worked!
I then found some scraps and started practicing sewing straight lines--which is a big challenge since I can't even DRAW a straight line. After getting bored with that, I then dug through my rag pile and found a piece of green patterned cotton that was once my dear mother's pajamas. (She ripped a big ole hole in them a while back and wanted me to sew them up--but that hole was way too jagged and those pj's were just too far gone, so I took them home after I bought her a new pair of pj's). Then I dug into my Good Will bag (a bag of clothes I collected when I changed out my closet for Fall). In there was a lovely cornflower blue Evan Picone 100% Ramie top that I loved at the store when I bought it, but I've hated ever since! (I am sure some of you know just what I mean. It looked nice when I ironed it or picked it up from the dry cleaners, but 2 seconds after I put it on and moved a little bit, it would wrinkle like there was no tomorrow. It was down right embarrassing the last time I wore it to work. My boss looked at me as if he thought I was crazy. I should have just messed up my hair and told him I slept in my clothes because I certainly looked the part!)
Anyway, I took that shirt and I cut out part of the back. Then I measured and ironed both pieces of fabric--and I sewed it together. The seams are not the straighest---but I now have a little pencil pouch. I had been looking for a pencil pouch for my sketching pencils and I could not find one that I liked. This one will mean much, much more to me because the one material is from Mom's old jammies. And Mom is the funniest and most loveable person I know. What a good day! :)
This morning I actually put the sewing machine on my kitchen table and read the little book on how to thread it. After fumbling here and there, I finally got the hang of it. Then I took the bobbin out of the machine and read the instructions about re-threading that! Yeah!!! I did it! I did have some trouble putting it back in--the mechanism kinda fell out---but I wiped the sweat off my brow and reread the instructions. When Hubby came home, I had him find me a phillips screw driver so I could tighten the mechanism. It worked!
I then found some scraps and started practicing sewing straight lines--which is a big challenge since I can't even DRAW a straight line. After getting bored with that, I then dug through my rag pile and found a piece of green patterned cotton that was once my dear mother's pajamas. (She ripped a big ole hole in them a while back and wanted me to sew them up--but that hole was way too jagged and those pj's were just too far gone, so I took them home after I bought her a new pair of pj's). Then I dug into my Good Will bag (a bag of clothes I collected when I changed out my closet for Fall). In there was a lovely cornflower blue Evan Picone 100% Ramie top that I loved at the store when I bought it, but I've hated ever since! (I am sure some of you know just what I mean. It looked nice when I ironed it or picked it up from the dry cleaners, but 2 seconds after I put it on and moved a little bit, it would wrinkle like there was no tomorrow. It was down right embarrassing the last time I wore it to work. My boss looked at me as if he thought I was crazy. I should have just messed up my hair and told him I slept in my clothes because I certainly looked the part!)
Anyway, I took that shirt and I cut out part of the back. Then I measured and ironed both pieces of fabric--and I sewed it together. The seams are not the straighest---but I now have a little pencil pouch. I had been looking for a pencil pouch for my sketching pencils and I could not find one that I liked. This one will mean much, much more to me because the one material is from Mom's old jammies. And Mom is the funniest and most loveable person I know. What a good day! :)
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