Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen,
Since making my beautiful headscarf on Saturday, I have been wearing it with
pride. I wore it all day on Sunday and found it extremely comfortable - making
this stitching project a further success. This has now lead me to hunt for some more
glorious material so I can make my next one (plus an excuse to go to Ray Stitch
or place an order with Fabric Rehab!). With this success under my headscarf and my big
mouth (as I have been telling friends, family and the wider Twitter community
of my delights and new found talent) I have landed myself with commissions. I love this - the thought of meticulously planning my next project
and getting stitching and doing it for people who want it is so exhilarating - its making me wonder why I did not start this years ago.
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| My new headscarf |
Until this year my sewing skills (or should I say sewing confidence) was
limited and only went as far as sewing buttons on to my husbandy's shirt. Any
other tasks, like when a thread was pulled, had to wait until I saw my mother-in-law
who is a natural at this. It seems that the tables have now turned, now that I
am armed with a Singer and a willingness to create that my new found flare is
needed. My mother-in-law wants a nice wash bag (this is a great little project
for me and with Mother's Day fast approaching I have the now got the perfect
gift). Also my husbandy wants bespoke handkerchiefs and other little fabric-y
goodies. The other added bonus to all of this is that these gifts will be
handmade and made with love (and no doubt some sweat and tears along the way). Let's hope I get a few extra pennies in my pay
cheque this month to help move these ideas to fruition!
With all these great stitching projects waiting in the wings, I want to get started now but I don't know which one to start first. One thing I do know is that I shall only start on one stitching project at a time. This sound advice came from my a good friend (and sewing guru) of mine and I believe this to be sound advice, especially as I know what I am like. This is typically what happens with things that don't quite go to plan: I start a project, hit a snag, try and work it out, get frustrated, then get annoyed, throw all my toys out the pram and then give up and move onto something new - something that is less taxing. As I have mentioned in virtually all my sewing blogs that patience is vital when setting out on this journey and suddenly I've found out that I have more of this than I thought and thank goodness. If I was to have this old attitude with sewing I don't think I would have made anything yet with all the little glitches I have had to overcome in such a short amount of time. There is no issue in planning your projects so you can perhaps save money on bulk buying fabric, etc, but I will only physically start one project at a time and see it through to the end before starting a new one.
With the anticipation of undertaking these sewing gems I have been looking for some tutorials and I have stumbled across some great ones (all these tutorials and links will be included when I do these sewing projects). These tutorials have all ready helped me overcome my early worries, like where to buy waterproof fabric and how to resolve the issue of not having an upside down print on the wash bag! Prep, for me, is part of the excitement of my sewing journey - it adds to the experience and gets my sewing juices flowing.
The best part of this is that I love the fact friends and family are giving me the
opportunity to practice my new passion and share my new found passion and creativity with them.
