Showing posts with label best friend. Show all posts
Showing posts with label best friend. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Inspiring My Best Friend

I am visiting my best friend who lives in a town nearby. I love her. I don't see her that often since she moved to another town, but I enjoy every time I do. 

This time I was on a mission to teach her how to sew. She got a sewing machine as a gift and she wanted to learn how to use it.

After practicing basics on the old fabric I decided to teach her how to make a flower. 


I can say that she caught it pretty fast. Of course, she is a very smart woman (soon to be married - how exciting!)


You see how she is making a straight stitch? What can I say? She is natural! :)


Ta daaaa! Flower is done and she is proudly showing it :) Exciting!


Her flower looks so pretty :) I am a proud friend :) She is all excited about sewing now. Since she is all into indoor decor she dreams to make fun curtains, table cloths and of course flowers that could be attached pretty much on anything :) 

After seeing some fun tutorial blogs and websites it was difficult for her to actually fall asleep last night 'cause she had all those ideas running through her head. :) This morning, after I asked her what was that she made last night, she answered: "Curtains!" :) He he, its fun to be creative and to inspire others to be creative as well.

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
1 John 4:7 


Monday, May 17, 2010

1st Finished Project - 1st Lessons Learned

YES! My first finished project and NO its not the first project I started :) 

I was planning to visit my best friend in a town nearby and I wanted to make her something. I decided so for couple of reasons; 1st I wanted to give her something nice, something made by ME and 2nd I wanted to encourage her to sew. 


As you can see this is a small jewelry or gift bag and I decided to make one 'cause I had one myself - which was pattern I used to make this one. In all that process that took a bit more then 3 hours I made some mistakes from which I can, of course, learn. 

Lesson  #1: Always adjust the thickness of the fabric to a project.
Lesson #2: Make sure to cut the fabric correctly.
Lesson #3: Make wider space between two stitches that make tube for strings.

So I guess with experience comes knowledge... I just hope it stays ;)