I can hardly believe it. Well actually, that’s a bit dramatic. After figuring out the ins and outs of the machine, I knew I’d be able to figure out this relatively simple project in the sewing world. Here’s a time lapse of the whole process! Here’s the breakdown of how it went: First, I bought a pack of fabric. It came with 5 different floral styles. I also bought knit elastic, which I ended up having to cut in half…
For anyone who has been following along as I attempt to learn this new skill, I would just like to apologize for the extremely minimal amount of progress it appears I have made in several weeks. I can imagine it is a bit painful to witness, as I update with the small amounts of progress I’m making, especially to any avid sewers. Yikes! Today, I sat down at the sewing machine, ready to check off the “to-dos” I had listed in my…
I am so pleased to be updating my learning project posts with some positive progress! After the whole “sewing machine not sewing” fiasco, I asked my mother-in-law to take a look at the machine and see if it was threaded right and even able to function properly as it is quite old. Was it broken? Was it missing a part? My MIL suggested I try a new needle because perhaps the old ones were either too dull or didn’t fit the…
An update on my “learn to sew” project: Spoiler alert, we haven’t gotten to the sewing. Yet. I do have some exciting (well, at least to me) progress to share though! To start off, I searched the internet high and low, manual by my side, and found these videos/people to be the most helpful in my first task, which was threading the machine. First, I found this video by MrEdSnapshot on YouTube. It was one of the only ones I…
Welp, I did it. I completed step one of my learning plan. That is, I retrieved the sewing machine from its home in the corner of the closet. And then, I took it one step further – I took the machine out of the box. That’s enough for one day. But seriously, just doing this helped me to solidify a better plan. Because until I opened the box, I really had no idea what I was working with. So, here…
Years ago, when my grandma’s hands got too arthritic for her to be able to use her sewing machine anymore, she asked me if I wanted it. I think she asked me because I had already dabbled in some of her other hobbies (crochet and baking) and she figured that maybe I would take up sewing too. Unfortunately, her sewing machine is sitting in a box in my basement, the same place I put it when I brought it home…