My First project

So since I am pregnant... I decided that my first project should be baby related. Not wanting to use any of the unique fabric from my stash... I grabbed an old baby tee that has shrunk to the point that my belly hangs out, even when I am not preggers. I grabbed a burp cloth I was given and went to town. The shirt was baby yellow so I decided that it needed an applique to spruce it up. I ended up delving into my stash anyway... pulled out an awesome yellow print. I searched through my cookie cutters to find the perfect shape for my first applique. I found a star. PERFECT! I thought to myself. I traced the star onto the back of he fabric witha Martha Stewart pen because I couldn't find my fabric marker that disappears and then applied it to the right side of my baby tee. I pinned it ever so neatly ( or so I thought) then asked my wonderful husband Mark to put my sewing machine on the table and ran down stairs to try my first applique ( of course not quite sure if I was using the right technique but hey at least I am trying it).

Hmmm... ok so the star applique is not perfect but it was a start. I quickly ran back up stairs to get the back of the baby tee I cut for the burp cloth. Pressed them with an iron... the shirt seemed a bit wrinkled and I have heard a million times to press everything. Pinned them together... ran down stairs again (ok plodded in my pregnant state) then proceeded to sew them together.

Result... not too bad. I gave it to my husband to inspect and he nodded with approval. See he was homeschooled and part of it included lots of sewing so I have to admit not only is he my tech support for my computer and my iphone. He is also my tech support for sewing...and he can also pick out my mistakes with crocheting!

With that I will see you tomorrow as I post pictures of my burp cloth! I welcome any comments on learning to sew.

So I have decided to really learn how to sew !

Ok... so I have been pregnant for 37 weeks... the house is kind of ready.... I have been on bedrest for approximately 3 and a half weeks. So I have done what any other good loyal crafter would have done. I have decided to add a new craft to my life. SEWING ! WOOOOO HOOOO ! I have dabbled in sewing here and there but thats it I am going to learn. I feel the same way now that I did when I took up crocheting approximately 6 years ago. I have always wanted to learn how to sew and I really want to be very good at it. So here I am armed with my stash of fabric (i always new I would use it someday... yes I am a craft stasher), my taylor 935 FA sewing machine, my owners manual and some great sewing books or at least they looked cool enough to buy and some guts... here I go. I kind of feel like Julie Powell who blogged about learning to cook through Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking... but oh well here I go not afraid....