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 ;)

My First Bag In Making

Here it is!! I promised to post a picture of how far I've come in making the bag from my previous post. So the day has finally come. Even though the weather is not sunny at all, I hope I had enough light to make this photo as clear as possible. 

Fabrics I chose for this bags are blue denim and pink linen. As you can see what I did so far is cut the fabrics, bordered it with zigzag stitch so it wouldn't rip, made a flower and started hand embroidering my "name" on it (kinda going from the end). :) To be honest this embroidering is a slow process and I cannot wait to finish it. I hope the way it looks at the end will be worth it.

I could start sewing some parts already (zipper etc) but I am waiting to buy some interfacing. The problem with that is that it seams that its harder then it should be. The thing is that this week I was busy so were not able to go there in their working hours, and today when I am not as busy I came there 10 minutes after they closed. Blah. If I only knew their Sat working hours it would've been easier really. A bit annoying really, but on the bright side :) it definitely helps me to work on my patience ;) 

Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.

Colossians 3:12

 

Fabrics

I love fabrics... different colors, designs, textures... they are yummy :) Recently I bought some fabrics for my sewing projects and then I discovered all other fabrics that I actually had at home. It is exciting, and I am looking forward to start using it.

I especially like colorful Michal Miller cotton fabrics that I recently bought. I love it! They are so bright, fun and happy :)

But I realized that in all that excitement I need to be careful and patient. I should not rush things. I should learn carefully all I need to know before starting a project because I do want it to look perfect. I like things that I do to be perfect, so that I can say: "It is good" :) But of course, I will be merciful with myself if some don't come out to be perfect as I desired. Its just not worth the stress :)

 Thank you Jesus for creating all wonderful colors, flowers and other beautiful things. You truly are creative God and I am created on your image. Thank you! You are beautiful!! Awesome!! Amazing!! Glorious!! Mighty!! Astonishing!! Breathtaking!! Majestic!! All powerful!! Wonderful!! Splendid!! Magnificent!! Marvelous God!! I love you!!