Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Conquering the fear of the machine


Haha, I did it! The machine is out of the box and not only did I work out how to thread all the bits, I actually started sewing today. This machine was a birthday present back in early 2009 and had never been unpacked. To be honest, initially it was just life with a toddler and a new baby getting in the way. Then we sold a house, bought a house and moved house. Then it progressed to some kind of avoidant denial phobia type thing. I haven't sewed for years and only ever on my mums very basic 30 year old machine so this fancy schmancy number completely intimidated me. I am also completely technologically challenged - (I am only on my second ever mobile phone which I  excitedly  chose  because of the flip open function as this was a serious upgrade from the  fluoro yellow Nokia ).But recently, even more intimidating was the impending social shame of not following through on wild and reckless blogging resolutions. Let's see if I can work out how to follow a pattern now.

Now as previously promised, here is vintage sheet of the day, probably my second favourite. My love of the colour brown goes way back and mustard, well we all know it is the new black. :


There is nothing nicer than hanging out a load of vintage sheets and dreaming about what to do with them. Especially when you have conquered your sewing machine issues. Several people suggested that she needs a name and I am totally on board with this but am a little stuck for ideas. Betsy is the house and Queenie is my bike, any suggestions for my little lilac sewing machine would be appreciated. I'm sure she'll be much more supportive of my button holing attempts if we name her too. Anyway no time to blog, must get excited and sew on.

11 comments:

  1. Yay. Very happy for you. I too have been procrastinating but think I have found a sewing group to go to. Its always nice to have support. So I support you. Hope you will post what you make.
    adayinthelif.blogspot.com

    Allison

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  2. Oh my, I think I would be daunted too if I had a sewing machine.

    Darren would be a good name for the machine? Dazza for short. You, know for when you sew some dazzling frocks...xx

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  3. I absolutely love that vintage sheet. I have seen it in different colourways but the brown is gorgeous. Lucky find! And your sewing space is delightful. What are you going to sew first? How about this..easy peasy.
    http://www.oliverands.com/downloads/Oliver+SLazyDaysSkirt.pdf

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  4. What are you going to sew!? Are you going to cut up some of your sheets and make something?

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  5. Sew brave you are to cut into those sheets! How's Sewphie as a name?

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  6. Hmmm... How about Violet for the machine? Vi for short, as in the poor dear's been vying for attention for 2 years...?? Or Bella, a tribute to all the beautiful things you're going to make now that the worst part is over... They always say that it's the motivation to get started that's 90% of the task...

    Or Ma Joli, french for My Lovely... I'm big on the French at the moment. I found a gorgeous little french provincial style gift shop the other day and I'm in love!

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  7. Well done you I am guilty of having a machine embroidery machine that I paid off for ages still uo=nopened in the box lol got laybayed it late ast year and got it in Jan/feb how bad am I?I will do it eventually tho just like I iwll do zumba when I open the box lol
    Love your sheets and dont forget the pillowcases when you can so you can make some pretty dresses for your little girl

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  8. oh wow oh wow, OH WOW Mel!!!!!! How exciting. So glad you're cracking it open. Wonder how you will decide on a name for her? Think of all the wonderful things you'll be searching for now. too fabulous and exciting! xx

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  9. re the bonnet.It was a medium so not sure what size that is.Wasnt keen on the pattern liked the one I made up years ago so will do it again.The pants are a bit small tho ( my fault)Make sure you use a good stiffener for the cap of bonnet mine isnt as firm as it should be,

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  10. With sewing I find you just have to dive in and have a go. Don't worry if it's not perfect. I find the longer I don't sew the harder it is to get back into it. But once I do I become a little obsessed and must sew daily!

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