Feelin' Crafty

Confession: I never thought I would own a sewing machine. Sewing was never my thing. My knowledge of it ended with a mandatory apron in 7th grade. That's it.

But because of my recent entrance into the stay-at-home mom world and with inspiration from some super-crafty friends, I slowly started thinking it would be cool to be able to sew things for Ellie, myself and friends and family.

My mom bought me a sewing machine for Christmas and I tried to set it up the other day--and failed. So I left the machine, useless, on my kitchen table. To tell you the truth, I was intimidated by it. Finally I decided to try again and even though I hate reading manuals, I broke it out and followed it to the tee. I got a little rush when I sewed a straight line on a piece of test fabric.

I went to Hobby Lobby later that day and saw a cute pair of glammed-up kitchen gloves with a matching apron and it in my cart to buy for my little sister's birthday. As I was about to check out, I realized I had just set up my sewing machine and could maybe make the gloves and apron on my own. So I put them back, recruited my sister for help and here are the results . . .

Haley & Me

Jess is going to look so cute in the kitchen!

I embroidered a little cursive j to make it more personal

I love the flower and the yellow & black combo {color scheme inspired by my cute friend Mollie!}

I think these gloves will make cleaning more fun, don't you?  Don't look too closely, we were kind of wingin it!

 

 

 

 

Next project: Finish this so Ellie will be somewhat occupied on our upcoming plane ride across the country!