Very Exciting

Before Christmas, I spent some time with Jill and learned some basic things about using a sewing machine. I made a few little projects for the girls which was fun, and I got hooked!! So began my hunt for a reasonable machine to learn on. A few nights ago, we were out as a family, watched a great movie (Secretariat), had dinner and went to the mall. We checked the big stores and would you believe Sears had one on closeout. It is a Brother, has many simple features and was just what I was looking for, so Jude told me to get it. I had in mind, just what I wanted to make...

I found this pretty material that I picked up as a remnant, and I had a matching solid brown (that is super soft).

This material is so shimmery that it was hard to get a good picture to show the pattern, but trust me, it is pretty!!

And this is what I made...a camera strap cover. By no means is it prefect, but it was ,my first project on my new machine and I am pretty proud of it. Trust me, it has plenty of flaws, but it is mine, and it saves my neck from the heavy camera and I love it!! Now that I have made one, watch out...I plan on working hard to get better at it, and making lots of fun strap covers.

My camera and its new strap cover.

Sarah took this one...she cut me off, but thats OK because I told her to focus on the camera and strap.

And this is Mary's picture. (you know if you let one take a picture, you have to let them both)

So if you sew and have any advice, good websites, blogs or anything like that, please share. I am really just teaching myself as I go and would love all the help I can get. It is fun, and my ultimate goal is to be able to make a dress for each of the girls. I'll keep you posted on my projects. (I have since made a door snake for our back door to keep the draft out)