Although I am convinced that I can purchase better made and cheaper clothing for my toddler, I am going to make her a shirt. I found a free pattern online that I like, and I have some leftover material from a quilt that I started and never finished.
I really like the unfinished quilt: Can I use the pieces for something?
Seriously, mom? What are you going to make with the unfinished quilt squares?
How about curtains for Ainsleigh's bedroom? If you just sew these squares together, I can have Uncle Darrell help me make a valance. I'll need to get wood to make the valance. And then maybe you can take down the flat sheet you tacked up to cover her bedroom window.
Okay, so our first two projects are a toddler shirt AND a valance for the nursery. Using mostly materials I already have. This should be an inexpensive project.
5 minutes into the project: I've used a crayon to trace my pattern onto my fabric, but I can't find my good fabric scissors. But it's a washable crayon, so the first time I wash the shirt the crayon marks will be gone, right? I'm using the cheap scissors that I found in the kitchen junk drawer and which I used to cut out my pattern after I printed it on regular copy paper. I'm going to sew the fabric, right? So the sloppy cutting job won't matter because it won't show. Right?
17 minutes into the project: My sewing machine is not working. Since my Memere gave me her backup sewing machine (because people who have the Memere gene, own things like a backup sewing machine), I don't have an owner's manual to figure out what's wrong. And truthfully, an owner's manual probably would not help me here. Owner's manuals seem to assume you have a basic knowledge. I don't even know who to call to get my sewing machine fixed. I'll ask my friend Amy if she can figure out what's wrong with it. Mom and I pick up the extra quilt squares that Ainsleigh has littered around the room and we watch a rerun of "Divine Design" on HGTV.
7 days later: Keep forgetting to ask Amy if she can figure out what's wrong with my sewing machine. Mom hasn't even mentioned the extra quilt squares or the valance since the first day we discussed the project.
Attempt #1 at being crafty: My daughter looks just fine in store-bought clothes. Her bedroom window is still covered with a queen-size flat sheet.
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