When I was young my mom had me join 4-H to try to learn to sew. I did learn some things. I had to sew a project to enter in the county fair. My mom really wanted me to make a pair of pants... PINK pants. I did. I won the blue ribbon for them. However, I HATED them. I made them simply because Mom wanted me to. Then the real horror started. She wanted me to wear them to school- in front of my friends. I did not want to wear pink pants but Mom was so proud that I had won a blue ribbon for making them. Finally, after much wearing down, I wore them. Once. Then they sat in the bottom of my drawer. After that, I begged to stop 4-H. Thus ended my short sewing career.
Over the years I will occasionally sew something. I once tried to make something with a zipper. Disaster. So now I know that my sewing needs to be things that have no zippers or buttonholes. (I've never tried a button hole but it looks hard.)
A few weeks ago, I thought it would be fun to make matching Christmas stockings and Christmas tree skirt. But who really has time to do that in December, so I waited until after Christmas. That is also when the fabric went on sale. Here's the finished product...
They turned out beautifully. I debated about using traditional colors or different colors. I even had my dear husband come to the fabric store with me to help me pick out the fabric. (He was a good sport about that.) We picked out less traditional browns and blues. After much sewing and figuring things out we now have five matching stockings and a tree skirt. (Notice, the tree skirt has ties, and NO buttons).
P.S. Dear Mom, No offense about the sewing jokes... The sewing lessons did help. I knew how to thread the bobbin and the machine and all sorts of little things that helped. It would have worked if I hadn't learned to clip the seams on the curves. :)
P.S.S. Five Stockings... not an announcement. Only a dream at this point.
7 comments:
Those are AWESOME Shree!! You are so brave. Rich's mom offered me her old sewing machine and I baulked at her offer, although I said yes because I wish I knew how to sew. Maybe I need to hit our 'crafty' sister up for a sewing machine lesson since she's fairly close. ;)
I was wondering about those FIVE stockings! Good job!
The 5 stockings were one of the first things I noticed, too! They look AMAZING!! I don't remember your pink pants. So, hopefully you don't remember the blue jumper (complete with elastic under the knees) that my mom made ME make and wear to school. Seriously, I'm impressed. And I really like the blue, and brown too.
Darling. Way to go! I love the PSS :)
Those are BEAUTIFUL, Shre! Oh, my goodness! I just want to throw out my stockings and start over!!!
First thing that grabbed my attention was the 5 stockings too!
Nice job shree!
Hey, guess what I'm not very crafty either! I wish I could sew stockings and a tree skirt like that just on a whim. That would be so totally awesome!
ANne
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