Adventures in Sewing

Today's adventure was.... sewing with Stacy and Sophia!  It shocks and amazes me how skills you learned 25 years ago... even 35 years ago in some cases, come back to you when you are trying to re-learn them.   For instance, take sewing.  I took sewing classes in 4-H.... does anyone remember 4-H?  I learned to knit, sew, ride horses, raise rabbits,  I even sewed my own Christmas stocking one year.  I was literally 9 when I gave up on it.  In college I took Costume construction classes, but never liked it.  I remember once, standing there for two hours with my arms out having class-mates pin muslin onto me... and when I put my arms down I passed out.   BAM right on the floor.... so embarrassing... anyway, I digress.  Here are some pictures of Sophia and I trying to rev up the sewing machine she got for Christmas.  I think our two projects came out pretty good.

Now, you see people on Pinterest with all their artsy fartsy creative things, pictures of nice little  frocks and bows and all that stuff, but, yeah that's not how we roll in this house.....

           Shit Shit shit shit shit.....

That's about the moment I realized I sewed the pants inside out.

 Sophia did a pillow for her brother all by herself....

 Don't sew your fingers to the machine, we don't have time for an ER visit today.

 Im laughing because I'm completely retarded.  Does this go here or... where?

 Extra fabric for other projects.

Sagan's Pillow.

Ironically today Stu and Sagan worked on his Pinewood Derby car all day.  Mostly it was Stu on a very dangerous wood saw,  and then on a very dangerous dremel, coming hazardously close to filing his own fingers off, while Sagan played Minecraft.  Let's be honest here, how much is a 7 year old really going to do when it comes to Pinewood Derby?  We'll save that for another post.  For now I have to go sweep up, it looks like a Cambodian sweat shop in here.