I showed up to JoAnn's 30 minutes early... big mistake. I decided I needed bulletin board border, a funkin (fake pumpkin), buttons to decorate my funkin, and a bunch of other random stuff. $50 later it was finally time for my class to start. The teacher was really nice and very patient especially with me. She told us we would be making a cute little purse. We also got a free sewing kit that included scissors, thread, a piece of fabric, a pin cushion, and box of pins.
There were 4 total students in the class including myself. One girl had been sewing since she was 5, there was another lady that had always wanted to learn to sew, my sister who sewed a big fuzzy dog in home ec. in 8th grade, and then there was me. I don't know what my deal was... but I was having a really hard time. Everyone else seemed to really catch on to sewing except me... haha. When I was making my purse, I got so excited that I was sewing a straight line, I sewed my bag shut all the way. The teacher said, "Looks like you were having a party" as she was taking out the thread on one side of my bag. Then as I was sewing the inside part of my bag, I forgot to put the thing down that holds the fabric in place as it's being stitched. I didn't think anything of it... I just pushed the fabric through. My teacher looked at my worked and knew exactly what happened. Again... she pulled out my thread and I redid the stitching.
Needless to say, I definitely not going to be on Project Runway anytime soon. In fact, I'm not so sure sewing is for me... I think I'm going to stick to cooking and writing... haha! Here are some pictures:
This is Lauren pinning her fabric to the pattern:
Lauren: The sewing diva!
Class Clown:
This is me with my teacher... she is helping me fix my purse
The finished product! I am actually going to use my bag at school to carry my phone and stickers!
Here is a picture of my funkin that I made today. I got the idea from Megan. I'm going to put it outside my classroom. GO TECH!
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