Sew fun....

Jeff talked me into going to a sewing circle last night. There are about four or five ladies that get together once a month and work on sewing projects. The hostess is an expert sewer and is there to help us inexperienced ladies with their projects. I thought I'd go and just learn how to use the machine and just practice different stuff on scraps but the ladies helped me make a pair of pajama pants for Andrew. I was so excited to be able to have the help to actually make something and it wasn't bad for a beginner. Especially if you don't look too close at some of the imperfections :}

The memories I have of sewing machines aren't good ones. I can remember my Mom hated her machine. It was huge and difficult to use. Every time she got the thing out you could tell how much she disliked it. I think that is probably the main reason that I never got into it before. It has been an interest and something I've thought as a mother I should know how to do but never took any time to learn. Since I got the chance to go last night I'm already thinking of projects that I'd like to do. I've also spent some time on the internet looking at projects people work on. I've got my eye on a few clothes projects for Megan. We'll see if I can pull them off as we go along.

Next month the hostess is going to teach us a mini class on Christmas stockings. I'm excited to be able to make my children their very own personalized stockings from Mom. It should be fun. I'm looking forward to the outing. It was nice to get away for a bit and do something for me for a change.

**Just a side note I wanted to post a picture of Andrew wearing the pants so I could see how they fit but I can't get the boy to put them on for the life of me. He runs away and refuses to try them on. I guess I've learned a hard lesson not to make clothes for him. Megan can't wait till she gets something hand made by mom.