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| Today I was scrolling through my Pinterest and I saw a pin about a free pattern for dishcloths. I'm always up for free patterns so I followed the URL and found the place where they claimed I could get a free pattern. I came to realize that I had to fork over 2.99 to buy the thing. I was disappointed, to say the least. So I went back to the same or original website and saw more ideas for dishcloths. I saw this one that had a fabric plus a crocheted part. I thought I could duplicate this without any real problems. I kept scraps of cloth in my sewing box and found one that had a good size to it. I got out my sewing box (the one that holds thread and needles and pins) and got up a needle threaded and went to work on getting the frayed (the one side or two that had been cut and was going to fray if it had enough handling) edges folded in and sewed using a stitch which I think is called a blind stitch (don't hold me to that I am not as conversant with the usual stitches in needlework) or a whipsaw stitch and it looked good. I'm on the second side of the fabric. Once I have the sides stitched up I can work on getting it attached to getting a crocheted edge on one end. That crocheted end will end up as a taper with an overlap where I could hold down the dishcloth with a button and voila, a dishcloth. it cost me nothing now, of course, but it might be cool as a present or something. i like sewing this sort of thing. I've had other times that I used a different stitch to hem the pant legs of my pants (when I would be needing it shortened) or the ones that my stepfather bought (he is not tall) and that was always ok. He's not asked me to do it any longer as he has found a supplier of pants that have the right length for his height. But sewing was also something I went into back in the day when I was interested in saving money and took sewing classes. The classes were incomplete as I have not learned the fluid way to attach zippers. One time I had a lovely tweed material and made a pair of Hepburn-like trousers. The zipper was not a go and so I had to wear the thing with a huge safety pin and wore over large sweaters over it. The trousers were lovely to wear and I wish I had them still. I might just do one again and see how I luck out with putting in a zipper. The trousers that have elastic waistbands aren't my thing - they're tacky and smack of the sweatpants that people like to wear around the house. I did not pursue sewing as a serious thing then because there was a store in town named Lazarus which had super duper sales on clothing that eliminated the need for me to buy material, pattern, thread and accessories to make an outfit so I said, do I pay for a sale item that was like $11.99 (marked down dramatically) or spend over $20 for all that I needed to make same? So I went out of the sewing of clothes but now I'm thinking it might be fun to make projects with the sewing machine. I had a bad sewing machine then, it got so tangled up in the end or beginning of the seam and I hated hated hated having to unravel them and so, well, I now have a new sewing machine but I'm somehow reluctant to use the thing! I have such a rather strange "phobia" if you call it that, that I fear that I might not do a good job or maybe the machine is just too intimidating. i have to say that i need to visualize myself approaching this new machine and getting to know it like a new friend. I also bought all that i need for some patterns - yes I even bought patterns, clothes for mother and daughter, scrub uniforms, aprons and so on so I could make these things. But, still, the poor new sewing machine is back in its box and I feel as though I've missed making a new friend, somehow. I hope that before the end of this month I'd have at least got up to getting a working knowledge of this machine. It's really nice and made by a famous brand. Other than that my day has been relatively boring. |
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