On Saturday I spent the day sewing. It was blissful, a bit like vacuuming where there is lots of noise so you can't hear the kids, I looked really busy so I wasn't interrupted and I listened to music in the air conditioning as I merrily sewed away.... for about 7 hours, like in a trance at times. I had gathered supplies weeks ago from our last trip into town and I had been waiting for the perfect moment to sit down and get started. I realised Saturday morning that there was no perfect time, the planets weren't going to miraculously align and send me a sign that today would be the perfect day to start sewing...... so I got on with it.
This is a bit like the way I started sewing in the first place. I have always been surrounded by sewers. My Mum growing up made most of our clothes even matching outfits for my sister and I. She sewed all our ballet costumes (and everyone elses) and most of her own clothes. She tried to teach me occassionally but neither of us had the patience or the time then to really work it out. My mother in law is also a great sewer. The 'Granny skirts' she has made for our girls are amazing and last for years with endless compliments. My sister in law makes beautiful quilted blankets and the cutest singlets and t-shirts. The the boys shorts my Mum made for 'Master 2' 18 months ago are still his favourites. So you would think that I would have picked up some sewing.... but no. I always planned to learn but I thought that there would be a better time. When I have space, when the kids grow up, when we have time to sit and learn, I'll take some lessons one day were all excuses I have used to put off learning to sew in the past.
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| My sewing machine |
I received some money for Christmas and as coincidence would have it I also stumbled upon a Spotlight catalogue. (I am a little obsessed with junk mail, this addiction is only fed through the deprivation of living in the bush and NEVER receiving any). ELNA sewing machine on sale with $7.95 shipping, I was sold and just like that over the phone I bought a sewing machine. All those years of excuses gone... just like that. I gathered a list of basic supplies from my expert relatives and bought them when I was last in town. I was on my way now. 
I had shopped so I had to follow through with the actual sewing part. A few weeks ago I had a sneaky go and made a top for myself off a tutorial online that I found on Pinterest, I have even worn it a few times and it's so cool and comfortable. I only managed to do this after my patient husband followed impossible instructions to thread the bobbin and the machine for me after I gave up for the 3rd time!!This top was easy to cut and sew because the fabric has fine lines on it so it wasn't difficult to keep things straight (a good tip for anyone starting to sew.... use fabric with lines). The link to the tutorial I used is here: http://sweet-verbena.blogspot.com.au/2011/07/simple-bow-tie-top-tutorial.html?m=1
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| Simple Bow tie top |
My trip to Spotlight was better then ever too I think this may be because I was making things for the girls so they were excited. I was finally out of the yarn section that they find so boring so my girls loved being in Spotlight with me and enjoyed choosing their own fabrics. Before I started on last Saturday I got them to have a look at pictures online and they gave me an idea of what they wanted their dresses too look like.
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| The girls fabric choices Miss 5 is the Green, Miss 7 has the pink. |
So I got to it, and I managed to make them a dress each. Now they are far from perfect, just so basic and from our imaginations, no patterns used, but I made them and the girls designed them and we love them!!
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