7/31/2014: Beginnings

I started sewing in 2003 when I was in 10th grade. I took sewing I and sewing II as high school electives and I got hooked. I never sewed anything that impressive, I think a skirt, maybe a couple of little purses, some strawberry print pajama pants (I wonder what happened to those…). My class had a scraps box, so I used to take pieces out to make squares for my quilt. 

Eventually I ended up with this masterpiece. I tried to match fabric patterns and colors together as best I could and it turned out alright. I bought a large golden yellow floral fabric for the back piece, and chose not to use quilt binding for some reason. Lastly, I attached the front to the back through the batting with little yarn pieces at the corners. It took forever. It used to use it on my old twin sized bed even though its a little small, and I still use it sometimes. I love it.

This is my sewing machine, a Singer 4530. My mom purchased it in 1989, and along with the much newer brothers in my sewing class, I learned a lot about sewing on it. Eventually my mom gave it to me because she wasn't using it anymore, and so I use this old and trusty sewing machine for whatever project I have. I have recently been coveting the Brother CS6000i. It is around $150 on Amazon (right now it is $143) and it has so many features and included accessories that it is a serious deal. I love my Singer but it is old and it gives me problems when I am doing just general stitching. So time to upgrade, I think.

I have recently started sewing much more frequently and want to start making my own clothes, so I will document my adventures here. I also like to crochet, make costumes, and do crafts, that's going to crop up here too. I was originally posting on Tumblr, but I am going to move everything I have (which is not much) over here, so there are going to be a bunch of posts all at once to get updated. Whoops.