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[aerten]

Today Mom started teaching me how to sew. We worked for a few hours, but several of those hours were spent trying to figure out why the sewing machine wasn't working. Once we figured that out, I sewed together a Christmas stocking. It's . . . well, it's stocking shaped and my first try, so not too horrible

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[kaitzi]

Oooh. I got this cute little sewing machine for like, $20, cause I want to learn how to sew, too. But everytime I've tried using a machine it goes horribly wrong. This was no exception. I've resigned myself to sewing by hand, which should make for an interesting shirt....

[aerten]

We figured out we were threading the bobbin wrong. And by we, I mean my mom.

[flasheart]

You can have the kids be ghosts for the first couple of walking years! It's the best costume out there.

Sewing is fun. We used to do a lot of it in Girl Scouts, randomly. Camping and sewing. :-) Skirts are good to start with, and most patterns are pretty much foolproof.

[aerten]

Foolproof is exactly the skill level I'm at right now, so that sounds pretty good.

[greendian1]

I spent $16 on a hand-held sewing machine - basically a motorized stitcher - which I thought would help me with hemming costumes and whatnot. Totally doesn't work...so I think the idea to invest in a proper machine is a good one!