So Long For Now, Jolene

Jolene the Sewing Machine will be vacationing in a storage unit over the summer. I thought about it and it just wasn't practical or realistic to continue on throughout all the moving. I bid her adieu over the weekend....my lessons in sewing to be continued this fall.

So I Sew: Round 2

For Round 2 in my adventures of learning to sew, Jolene (the sewing machine) and I got into a fight. But don't worry, we made up after working out our differences.

After a little research online I found what appeared to be a simple sewing project on Prudent Baby of turning a baby onesie into a dress and decided to try it out. I went to the children's consignment shop in town and bought a handful of $.99 onsies in LBD's size.

But I liked my finds too much to practice on them, so I dug around for a couple hand-me-downs my sister-in-law gave me and paired those as best as I could with the fabric I had purchased at Goodwill a couple weeks ago.

Perfect springtime color combo, right?

Jolene didn't think so. She didn't agree one bit.

So I Sew: Round 1

This week, I start my journey in sewing.

Why sewing?

Well, here: 1) My mom can sew and her mom could sew and her mom's mom could sew and so on and so on. Now, I want to sew. I want to be able to teach my daughter how to sew. Even if it's just a button. I don't even know how to sew a button. Yet. 2) I've recently become more and more interested in making clothing for my family. 3) It's an inexpensive way to keep my ever growing baby clothed. 4) I like projects. 5) I need something constructive to occupy my time with while the baby takes her nap. Eating salt and vinegar potato chips while scrolling through my rss feed isn't one of those things.

When I was eight months pregnant, I decided I'd take a stab at learning how to sew and a skilled family friend so graciously and patiently gave me an introduction. She also loaned me a sewing machine that she no longer used. I named her Jolene.  Jolene the sewing machine. Jolene is a Bernina 930 electric. She's a dinosaur of a lass. I worked on a couple projects, but after LBD arrived on the scene I've pretty much have forgotten everything she taught me. So, over the weekend, I started to brush up on some informational reading.