I finished the skirt I was working on, and here’s a picture.
As you can see, I like to wear it with my cowboy boots. As you can not see, I’m wearing it even though it’s starting to be too cold for skirts. Gotta get some tights, I guess. I count it as a success, since my husband has referred to it as both “sexy” and “fun”. I would add “comfortable” to that list.
With the new confidence in my sewing abilities gained from this project, I went on to sew Halloween costumes for the boys. They both wanted to be cows, originating my first trip to Jo-Ann Fabric for cow print fabric. I’m so glad Theo insisted on playing with my stethoscope and loudly announcing that “Mom’s a doctor” or I would’ve felt REALLY dumb in Jo-Ann. That place will dazzle you. Furthermore, Max asked, “Mom, how do you print a cow?” after I’d said “cow print” to everyone in the store. I love these glimpses into the way his mind works.
So about 45 minutes before the boys’ school “Harvest Ball” began, we hunkered down to knock out some costumes, with the following result.
Dan was in charge of the spatial relations and cutting out the tunics, and I stitched them up in a heartbeat. Then, Dan wrapped their baseball caps in cow fabric and I added footie sock “ears” to the headpieces, et voila!
Better look at the headpiece on T-Bird
The goofy faces are because they're mooing. That's Maggie as "a tinker" in the middle.
With these projects plus the purses I’ve been churning out, I’m deeming sewing enough of a success to get my own machine. I think I’ll spend the $50 in birthday money from my grandma on a used one.