During Year 3 of our marriage Bryan told me, "Your cooking has really improved since we first got married," which we all know really means, "your dinners used to be terrible." At first I felt a little miffed but then I realized he was 100% right. At least things were getting better.
Two years ago I asked my mom for a sewing machine for Christmas. I imagined beautiful handmade quilts adorning each bed in our house. But then I got my sewing machine and realized I didn't even know how to thread the bobbin. So I've been slowly trying to figure out this whole sewing thing. My mom also gave me a few kits with instructions to make some little holiday wall hangings. Last summer I made this one for July:
It was soooo bad. I'm surprised I didn't throw it away. I don't know if you can tell from the picture but the binding is completely awful, the bottom edge is so not straight, the fabric is completely wrinkled, and I didn't even bother to switch my thread so there are little blue dots in the seams of my stars. Awesome, right?
This summer I got another July kit and made this:
Clearly not perfect, but better right? (the angle of the picture makes my edges look really crooked, but they're actually quite straight, I promise!)
Recently I decided to make bread. I used Kayla's recipe and although they tasted quite delicious, my loaves definitely wouldn't win any award for aesthetics. Hopefully my bread-making skills will start improving soon.
2 comments:
I'd say you're doing great!
So, I know this post is so old but I remembered you writing about your quilting and I was wondering where you get your kits or where your Mom gets them. I am a beginning sewer as well and I think this size project would be perfect.
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