Not yet a Master

My sewing is really taking off.  I love to lose myself behind the hum of a sewing machine, and come out with an adorable little creation of my own, even if I was just following a tutorial!  I have made a couple more projects, but I am obviously just beginning, they are not perfect.  I need a few more materials for my sewing kit, so I may be better at what I am doing.

Two versions of a similar concept.  I found the tutorial for it at this blog.  Its so cute.  These are just my concepts, I would love to give them to my daughters for Christmas. This will be one of their gifts, however my problem is they are not perfect yet.  I know they wont care that they arent perfect, so I really shouldnt be complaining.

One of my friends has asked me if I would make her an apron, and another on has asked me to make her a tote bag.  Maybe something good (like a little extra money) may come from this!  How exciting would that be.

I am going to make another tote bag, that is next on my project list, and then I will start on another project!  I know one thing I will make is a heating pad, but I am not sure what else, so I need to find more ideas!  Pinterest, here I come!

I am a beginner

Being new is such an uncomfortable feeling!  I am new at both blogging and at sewing and crafting, but hopefully as I craft more, the newness will wear off and I will have a lot of crafting friends/readers, as well as a skill!  How exciting.

I really got into crafting this past week when it was time for Mothers Day and I didnt know what to get my mother in law.  My girls looked through a Disney Princess craft book and we found the instructions for colored bath salts!  How excited we were to play with food coloring and create Grandma a special gift.

This is the gift we were left with (excuse the date I didnt set the camera up before taking the picture)!  How adorable is that?  After we created that gift, I decided to pull out a sewing machine my wonderful husband bought me 2 years ago for Christmas. We have a crib that is an odd size, we havent used it for my son because I cannot find a sheet that fits it....so...

My first project was to create a pillowcase type sheet (since it was such a thin mattress) to fit the crib!  It turned out so great, and it built my confidence a great deal.  I decided to dig through my bin of fabric bought when I first got the machine and create something else.  I googled, and searched pinterest for my next easy peasy project....

This project again was very, very easy.  I made some mistakes on it, but I have figured out how to correct them on my next project similar to this.  I dont expect my sewing to ever be "perfect" but the more I do it, the more confidence I gain.  I have a goal, working on one project every evening, so as to improve my skill! Most of the gifts given this year will be homemade gifts by yours truly!