The end of June was exciting for us: moving to our duplex in the country (see above picture of the duplex's "garden"), celebrating being married for six months (we ate a nice meal of yummy lemon-basil/cilantro tilapia, creamy coleslaw, and homemade cherry cobbler to celebrate- the first home cooked meal prepared in our new place), and made our first large "married couple" purchase - an LG front loading washer/dryer set that I absolutely love! As for July, its starting off slowly but I'm sure it will pick up soon. I have already completed one project this month: curtains to cover the pantry above the new LG!When I was younger I honestly thought that I would never sew when I "grew up." I remember having a little sewing machine that I got as a gift one year (at least that's what I vaguely remember), which was the sewing equivalent of the Easy-Bake Oven, and attempting to sew with Mom and Grandma P. I'm fairly certain that I accidentally broke it, and simply thought I was through measuring, cutting, stitching, seaming, etc. and would never have to deal with it again.
Since then I've sewn a handful of items...mostly pillows, a sorority bag for my college roommate as a gag Christmas gift, and my wedding veil (though that was done by hand, so it technically does not count). Aside from the veil, I can honestly say that my sewing skill level hasn't increased a great deal since then. However, I gave it a try once again. This time I used an old Singer (sorry to those born in the 1950s) that we received from a lovely lady who was about to dispose of it. While my sewing skills are still pretty weak, I have to say that I was able to create a pretty decent set of curtains (see the "pantry before"/"pantry after" pictures to follow). They even received James' nod of approval. (As a side note, James is even thinking about possibly sewing some curtains for our new bedroom...perhaps he should give Great Uncle R a call and the two could talk shop!)
"pantry before"&
"pantry after"
3 comments:
Great job on the curtains! Making some for the bedroom would be even simpler I would imagine. Patio looks nice and homey. Love, MomK
Those are just pretty nifty looking curtains. I'm proud of you.
Love, GmaP
Wow - your pantry is very well stocked! And your curtains look much nicer than mine - and it took me 2 years of living in the same place to get around to sewing them. I think you are definitely ahead of the game. (I think we had that sewing machine, too. It was fun, but I mostly sewed by hand - you know, scrunch up the material and poke the needle through, stretch the material back out and voila! sewing!
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