Learning to sew.

I was thinking the other day about what was the first thing I ever made. I remember taking home economics class in junior high and making a simple two handle, heavy weight cotton bag. It was pink and maroon striped and could carry all my books. I loved that bag, I think partly because I made it, which was awesome!
I was also in 4-H and did some sewing for the county fair in Nebraska, where I grew up. I remember the best thing I learned in 4-H besides sewing was how to properly cook and prepare a hard boiled egg so that the yoke was yellow, not green. Very important for deviled eggs and has come in handy many times over the years!

My mom was always dragging my sister and I to Joann's and various other fabric stores. We were bored out of our minds! She could not be done fast enough! But then it clicked one day and I saw how amazing fabric was. The shapes, colors, the feel of each different type. Plus if I used my sewing machine I could actually make things! Now I understood why we always went to fabric stores.

This always makes me think of my own daughter. I am constantly going to craft and fabric stores. Someday she may think it is super boring too, but hopefully she will come around and see how awesome it is too.

 I am basically self taught at this point and I want to get better! I want to do this for a living! I have a Masters degree in Psychology but that is not what I want to do.

That is a huge thing to admit...but it's true! I should have listened to myself in high school when I decided I wanted to be a fashion designer. Well many, many years later, I am on a quest to do something like that!

I am working on a dress for my daughter's first birthday. The pattern calls for using single fold bias tape around the neck line and the arm holes. I have very little experience with s.f.b.t. but I found an amazing tutorial on making your very own! I absolutely love, love, love, this tutorial! Who knew all the possibilities!!!

Also french seams, another wow! Apparently my mom did. I was complaining to her that an outfit I made for Madison turned out,  but the seams showing on the inside made it look incomplete. FRENCH SEAMS PEOPLE! Can you tell I am easily amazed and excited!

I am totally willing to tell you what I don't know, show you my mistakes and how I then perfect these techniques. Join me won't you!

I will leave you with a picture of my beautiful little girl standing up. A new trick of hers.