EVERYBODY is sewing !!!!!

EVERYBODY is getting into the sewing act today !!









......well, almost everybody ....















.....ANYWAY, as I was sayin'..... everybody is sewing these days (and knitting, and crocheting, and stitching, etc) .... it's "hip to sew" !!! (we no longer have to hide in the closet afraid of being too much of a geek ....THANK GOODNESS !!) Happily, I was able to squeeze in a teensy bit of sewing this morning (and if I don't wash my hair, or clean up the mess in the kitchen sink, I'll be able to squeeze in a few more minutes before I have to go to work!!!) ....I'm DESPERATELY trying to finish up .....

.....that apron !!! SHEESH !! You'd think it was some big complicated project !! (and, I need to finish this up like YESTERDAY since I still have to finish .... er, I mean start Matt's graduation quilt!!! .... graduation is in 2 weeks !!!! Uh Oh !!)






...OK, so like I said, I'm trying to make some progress on this apron when .....



......"I wanna learn how to sew !"









"Can ya teach me?!? Huh?! Can ya?! Huh?! Huh?!"(she is so darn impatient!) KITTY !! MOVE!!! You're in my way !! "But I wanna sew too!!!!" (big sigh .....) OK, I'll tell you what. While I TRY to finish up this apron, why don't you look through the kid's beginner sewing book my mom got for me WAY before I was old enough to sew ......




.... here's a list of some tools and equipment you need for sewing ....








...and this page explains different stitches ....




....and here's how to make a bias strip ....






Well, this was all pretty uninteresting to our Miss Kitty until she saw this ...


"Look! Here's how to sew baggy underwear!!"















....and a "work apron" ....


....."what's a work apron?" .....(apparantly our Miss Kitty is not familiar with doing chores around the house ....)

.....and then .... "ooooooohhhhh !!! Look at these cute matching outfits!!! We should make one for me and one for you!!!"











Well Kitty I think you should really start with something a little easier for your first project .... and I also think you should go back to the beginning of that book and learn the basics .....



....."UGH.....learn the basics?!? .......BORINGGGGG !!"



"Hmmmph! I'm leaving!! If I can't make a cute outfit right away then I don't wanna sew !........ 'Happy Sewing Days"?!? ......Hmmmmph!!!!"


Well that didn't take long .... she left faster than I thought she would!!! Just ask her to do a little work and she's good as GONE !!! ....and now I can get back to sewing that apron!

Like the book says "Happy Sewing Days"! Be back soon!!

Toodles,
Mary Anne (aka Mare)