I have never really sewed much before this last year. I was given a really lovely sewing machine right before our first son was born by a very generous friend. She also gave a little group of us a few quilting lessons which were intriguing but all the precision involved didn't mesh so well with my brain- added to that, the fact that i quickly had 3 kids within 2 1/2 years kind of sent my machine and craftiness in general into hiding. It wasn't until i got the idea to make simple little dolls for my girls' 2nd Birthday that i got out my machine again. And this was after i had sewn one entire doll by hand thinking that it would be much easier and quicker than reading the manual in order to re-learn how to thread it! ha! In the end, my sore fingers and wrists knocked some sense into me and i decided to give my machine another try. i was amazed with the quick results and thus began a new relationship. i learned it didn't matter if i had to re-read the manual five times in a row just to thread a bobbin and i also learned that i didn't have to know much about sewing techniques or pattern-reading to sew. i LOVE that nothing has to be perfect. and i LOVE that it helps motivate me to get the bathrooms cleaned and the laundry done so that after the kids go to bed i can escape to my little disaster of a sewing room and create!
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