March 21, 2005

  • Talk about your basic triumph of hope over experience.

    I ordered a sewing machine from Amazon. 

    There was no shipping on it, and no tax, so I decided to (yet again) take the plunge.

     
    Baby kimonos!  Curtains for the dining room!  Adorable Halloween costumes for the grandchildren!

    And if the past is a reliable indicator, a rather nice hand-me-down gift for one of the girls. 

    We'll see. 

Comments (2)

  • Hey, I taught myself as an overweight teenager (young adult) who coudln't find clothes that looked my age and fit. If I could do THAT you can surely make some curtains and kimonos. I see it has a free arm, right? That won't help with the teeny baby stuff but it'll help when you want to zip a hem in a pair of jeans!

    :)

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  • I can relate. I have a sewing machine, up in a box in the closet. And I could use that skill, BADLY right now. However, I've never figured out how to even thread a bobbin. I've ALWAYS needed someone to tell me how to do it. And I've made things, like a karate gee for my Jason when he was eight, and some "medieval costumes" for a feast we held with our homeschooling group. yet, I can't seem to figure out that stupid bobbin, ever. Once it's threaded, with help from a friend, I do great. It's getting the thread right that drives me distracted.

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