Let’s All Laugh

As we watch me try to sew something other than a quilt.

I used to sew a bunch of other stuff — including clothes.  I never really liked doing it and realized quilts were much more enjoyable so that’s what I do.  They are easy.  They don’t have armholes and for some reason curves in clohes are much harder than curves in quilts. <shrug>

So Maeve had asked for a robe for Christmas.  Anytime she can get her hands on one of mine she’s in little girl heaven.  So I looked around and only found kid robes in nasty polyester.  Ick.  So me and my ingenious self decided to sew one.  I got a pattern that had the word ‘Easy’ on the cover.  They lied.

Did you know I had a serger?  Yeah, I kinda forgot too.  I had to dig it out.  And then spend 30 minutes removing the inch of dust covering every nook and cranny.

Still trying to figure out what a carrier is.

Simple?  Not really.  Heck, I *write* patterns and I couldn’t understand a lot of this.  I apparently only speak quiltese and not garmentese.

But it’s done and Maeve is going to flip and that was really the only thing that made me want to sew this — just knowing how much she’d love it.  And the amazing part?  The sleeves got attached in the right spot.  Woohoo!  And another plus?  It’s not polyester.  It is the most scrumptious cotton knit.

It just took me, um… almost 5 hours to make.  Yikes.  But in finished in time to get everything clean up before the bus comes…

And now back to things I know how to sew…. don’t forget the quilt pattern sale!
You will not see garment patterns from me in my lifetime.