When I was in junior high, I took a home ec. class. I really wanted to learn to sew. No one in my family really sewed and I don’t know why I wanted to, I just did. The assignment for that “block” (do they still have blocks?) was a wrap skirt. It was like pulling teeth to get my mother to take me to the fabric store and when I did get there, I was so overwhelmed with all the choices, that I chose a fabric that was completely wrong for the project, although I didn’t know that at the time. Anyway, the class went downhill from there and the teacher made a snide remark or ten about how I’d never be a seamstress. Somehow, I let that remark really phase me and I never tried to sew again. Now it’s like 27 years later and I finally decided to do honor my inner seamstress.
On Wednesday we went out sewing machine shopping and I wound up with this. I am totally digging it. I have no idea how to use it, but I cleared out the fabric clearance bin at Hobby Lobby and I’ve been playing with the stitches. I bought a pattern that looks very simple and I’ll be testing that out soon enough, but first I’m making one of those bandana hobo bags, yes I am. I need one. I shouldn’t have waited so long.
Moral of the story? Don’t let some loser “teacher” dictate how you see yourself. I’m not saying that there aren’t fabulous teachers out there, I’m just saying that Mrs. Barash wasn’t one of them.
So… got any good sewing sites to share?
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