12.28.2008

We Interrupt The Dead Air With This Brief Message

Mr. M gave me a sewing maching for Christmas. I'm so excited I can hardly stand myself.


I had a sewing machine-- it used to be my mom's, worked perfectly well, but weighed about a thousand pounds. I really wanted to love using it, but I didn't. Because I've been teaching myself to sew, starting from scratch on a non-intuitive machine (even though it was sturdy and faithful and cool) was tricky. I started sewing by hand when I was still a single-digit, so I just avoided the behemoth and did things the slow way.


My new machine is wonderful, and I'm so excited by how easy it's been to use.


So, I made a little makeup brush pouch for a girlfriend. It's not perfect, but it's functional and it was fun to make. For a first machine project, it's not too shabby!








(Meanwhile, yes, there are other posts coming, and someday I may also reply to email, too. *sigh*)

6 comments:

  1. wow! that is so cool! I wish I was crafty like that. I know, I could be, but....

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  2. Technically, you are so excited you could plotz

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  3. Crazy shiksa, coming around here to kibitz about my crafts...

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  4. glad it brought you joy, which will be shared. I did one sewing project. A friend just quilted it. a blog post is coming.

    for that matter--- welcome back.

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  5. Neat! Happy New Year! Your sewing looks wonderful1

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  6. Hello Mrs. M--very pretty stuff. Do you need/want fabric from Japan? Even though you don't know me...you know that we military ladies like to help. I can't sew (tragic uncrafty genes) but love fabric stores so it would give me an excuse to actually go browse through one. Drop me a note on my blog if you are interested.

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