I never knew what she made, but I figured out that I could make little bags out of a rectangle piece of fabric folded in half with two straight stitches along the open sides. Since I had no idea how to use the machine and would usually end up getting the threads tangled up inside the bobbin thing, Mom didnt want me screwing around with her machine. I later realized that sewing stuff by hand was sort of fun and I could do it really fast. Over the years I would make the occasional draw string bag or pillow case, but I never really considered getting a machine until recently. When I started school again last year, I needed a new book bag and decided that I could make one myself. So, for the next couple weeks I would take my material over to moms house and work on it, with some of her help. I was quite pleased with the final product and decided that if I could pick out random upholstery and curtain fabric form a thrift store, make up a pattern and put it all together with my minimal knowledge of sewing, I could probably make other less complicated stuff too.. And so I decided I needed a machine of my own. Unfortunately, they are pretty darn expensive, and I never really have an extra $300 bucks laying around to blow on a machine that I dont know how to use. After talking it over with Mom, she decided to give me her old one, as Aunt Patricia, who has like seven machines, had given mom one of her "old ones." Now that Ive got a machine and a fabulous little sewing table from a thrift store, I just need to make stuff.
One day Ill be making all my clothes. maybe . . . Except for my school bag and the occasional curtain, I dont have much experience using a sewing machine and each time I attempt a new project I learn something new about how Gladys, as I've named my machine, works. So I guess this will be an adventure in creativity and self sufficiency. Stay tuned to see how it goes.
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