Sewing Machine

I bought a new suit two weeks ago because I don't fit in my old one anymore. I had the pants tailored  and the woman who did it didn't do a very good job. When I went to iron my pants in anticipation of a high profile meeting on monday I noticed that two of the seams were already coming apart.

 

So, in a rush I threw the pants in my car and ran to the cleaners to have an emergency repair done. Too bad when I got there I found out she wasn't going to be at work until Monday. So, I finally broke down and bought a sewing machine. I've wanted one for the last 2 years and I've spent easily at least $500 in tailoring since then. Looking back on it I should have just bought one.

 

After unpacking the machine I had to learn how to thread a bobbin and the machine. Luckily Singer included a DVD showing how to do all that. Then a few YouTube videos later and I was ready to sew my on my suit. Turns out it is much easier than I thought and the result is as professional as anyone could do.

Alterations - "Check".....Now it's on to learning how to make dress up clothes for Lilly.

 

 

Valentines Craft

I thought it would be fun to do a Valentines craft with Karen and Lilly. So we got in the car and drove to Michaels to see what we could find. About 30 minutes and 20 dollars later we had a bag full of foam hearts, “bedazzle” hearts, some glitter glue and a couple wooden cutouts. Once home we put everything on the dining room table and went straight to work on our Valentines. Lilly had so much fun and even went a little overboard with the glue and bedazzle hearts. After we finished our crafts we put them on the table to dry and gave Lilly a Valentine cupcake that she had picked out at the grocery store earlier that day. I am excited to put or valentines on the fridge but not as much as Lilly, she really loves seeing her artwork on display.