Sewing Projects

As you may recall from a previous post, I'm an advocate of adult education courses. My most recent conquest, "Sewing for Beginners", was a total blast - and my efforts yielded some fabulous creations too. Our class of 10 learned all about threading, backstitching, interfacing and more. Fueled by clementines, peanut butter sandwiches, and Arcade Fire, we spent two Saturdays crafting ruffled aprons and pleated shoulder bags and laughing about the rookie mistakes we endured along the way. I'm already excited about what I'll stitch up next...

A shot of my ruffled apron - the pattern we used was definitely intended for a shorter person, but it's definitely the kind of apron you put on for serving food... not so much cooking it.

The inside of the pleated shoulder bag - I couldn't resist the green polkadot fabric (purchased at Grey's Fabric and Notions, you must check this place out if you're near Boston).

Sewing Room Inspiration

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This past weekend I was in North Carolina for my sister-in-law's baby shower. The party - held at her parent's house - was wonderful, and we even had the chance to visit her mother's "secret room".

Intrigued? We were too. What is the secret room? No, she's not planning for the apocalypse (although it wouldn't be a bad place to get stuck!). The secret room is a crafters dream. It's the spacious, heated second floor to their garage filled with fabric, sewing machines, an enormous quilting machine, partly constructed projects, and spools of thread galore. It even has a fridge, microwave, trundle bed, and bathroom complete with a shower! You'd literally never have to leave!

Since I'm learning to sew myself, I've been dreaming up my perfect secret room... with the help of a little google image searching.

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