I have always wanted to sew.
I never managed to master that skill at school and wondered if I ever would.
About 5 or 6 years ago, in a fit of optimism, I asked Dave for a sewing machine for Christmas. I tried to get my head round the instructions but just had a total mental block.
Fast forward to around this time last year and I booked myself onto a beginners sewing course and the mental block crumbled away.
Last Summer I had been working on sewing a patch work curtain to go under Leah's bed, by hand! I wanted desperately to be able to make something lovely for my little girl or at least try. I had bought these "charm squares" to get me going.
Once I mastered the sewing machine, things went a whole lot quicker. I managed to get one curtain finished. Then I got bored and away it went.
I decided that before I moved onto a new project, I needed to finish what I had started.
Once I dug around in my huge bag of fabric, I got a nice surprise and found I was further on then I had thought.
I had one complete curtain and all the other squares were sown and ready to go.
So, this afternoon, I spent a relaxing couple of hours finishing it off in earnest.
The more I worked, the more my confidence grew.
Before I knew it, I had a pair of curtains ready to hang.
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| Mess now hidden. |
With Leah back from camp tomorrow, I'm hoping she'll be pleased her mum finally got her act together!
They are not perfect, they could probably do with having more of a drop but I have learnt quite a lot making them and that can't be a bad thing.
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