Wednesday, June 09, 2010

My First Sewing Project!

My friend Christy was kind enough to give me and another friend, Jenni, a free sewing lesson one night. She showed us how to make a pillowcase dress. I chose the most difficult fabric, seersucker but being a novice sewing, how was I to know that when trying to hem, the seersucker thread would sometimes get pulled INTO the machine?? I was still able to work with it, I just had to be very careful and Christy had to do one of the hems because I kept messing it up! But the dress turned out beautifully and Macyn looked adorable!!
Jenni, who had a sewing machine but never used it, was kind enough to let me borrow her machine and I have been on a sewing kick ever since then! I made ruffled bloomers to match Macyn's pillowcase dress (ok, I made ruffles and sewed them onto a pair of bloomers that came with another outfit) and a hooded towel for her because her baby towels are getting way too small. Now I have a TON of projects in my head of what I want to make, there just isn't enough time at night to do it (I wait until we put Macyn to bed before breaking out the sewing machine).
Now, I am obsessed with trying the new projects so much so that sometimes I am up so late, I have to stop myself and go to bed. It is so addicting mainly because once I start something, I feel as though I HAVE to finish it!
Here is the picture of the Macyn in the dress! Isn't she the perfect model?!
Here are the ruffled bloomers:


Here's a better picture from the back. She looks so cute! I can't wait to make her even more clothes!!!



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