Sewing.........blah!

I just learned something new about myself today. I hate sewing! It's not fun! It's not easy! It's hard to see what you are doing! I poked myself tons of times! It made my head hurt!!!!!

On Easter Sunday my Grandma gave my mom her sewing machine, and it sat in the back of my van until today..........horrible today!

At work Jenice told me about this really cute material that Walmart had. It was basically a dress already made, all you do is sew up the back, and add straps. That sounds fairly easy doesn't it?

After I picked the girls up from school I had this wonderful idea to drive them into Fresno, let them pick out a few dresses, and I would sew them. Fun! We found the cutest patterns. For straps we found cute ribbon that matched the dresses, and I thought I could make really cute hair bows also.

Oh my Goodness....WHAT WAS I THINKING!!!!

I read the directions on the sewing machine, I threaded the machine, and I even practiced on an old shirt. Everything was working out just dandy.

Then came time for the dresses. I really think the machine didn't like the dresses. It kept jamming, and tangling up the thread. So, 30 minutes later I had 3 dresses sewn up the back. This probably should have only taken about 10 minutes.

The straps...............HARD! In fact the hardest part. Getting those straps in the right place, at the right angle, and having both of them the same length is not easy. No, no, no, "not easy" is an understatement. Finally about an hour later I had straps on 3 dresses.

I haven't even finished. Linsey's dress has to be hemmed. The darn machine wouldn't go through two layers of dress, so guess what.......I have to hand sew the darn thing. One of Mia's dress needs the straps to be finished. And I have only made one hair bow. I am not looking foreword to tomorrow. The girls are gonna want their dresses because "Super Mom" decided to start this "wonderful" project.

If we lived in the olden days, you know when mom's made all the clothes because there weren't stores to buy the clothes, my kids would have one outfit a year.......maybe.

So after my sewing excursion I decided that I needed a bath to wind down and relax. Guess who showed up in my bath? Mia. She walked in, striped down and got in. Did she ask if she could join me.......no! I'm hoping that writing this blog will wind me down.

Hey Grandma.........wanna finish the dresses?

Here is a picture of Mia's finished dress, and Linsey's unfinished dress.
The pictures of the girls aren't the best............I wonder if my feelings of the sewing is coming out in them. :(