The tension on my sewing machine was all messed up this weekend while I was in the middle of sewing a bajillion things. The upper thread kept showing through the bobbin thread no matter what tension I was using. I fiddled and changed needles and fabric and fiddled and re-threaded and fiddled.
And then I went to Google.
Found out it doesn’t necessarily mean that my tension setting is wrong. It could also be the little screw in the bobbin. I loosened it up a touch, and voila! Fixed.
It reminded me of life. Sometimes, we have tension in our lives, and we try and try and try to fix all of the things that we *think* are causing the tension. But sometimes, it’s a too tight screw inside that really needs loosening.
Anyway, once I got my machine fixed, I got into a groove and started sewing away.
I finished up another lazy day skirt for Emma and then decided to try my hand at some capri-length leggings from old t-shirts. And then, because I’m not crazy enough, I added a ruffle at the bottom of the leggings.
Okay, I’m not tooting my own horn here, but … aren’t they kind of perfect?
Skirt was from some fabric in my stash, ribbon was new ($1.50’ish) and red striped tee for leggings was $2.
Okay, I’m going to do it …
toot, toot!
While I had my ballpoint needle in my machine, I thought I’d cut up two $1 bin t-shirts from Goodwill and make a skirt with matching leggings.
I originally intended to do this tutorial, but my computer battery died while I was in the middle of figuring everything out, so I scratched that. I ended up making the leggings just like I did the previous pair and not attaching them to the skirt, because Emma mixes and matches like crazy, and I didn’t want to tie her down to one combo.
The “flowers” [if you can even call them that] were just strips of fabric wrapped around and then sewn on there willy nilly. No rhyme or reason.
And the skirt (with different leggings – see? I’m a smart mom!) was the first thing she put on this morning, and it stayed on all day. So that’s a winner in my book!
I also made some removable pillow covers out of Dwell dishtowels from Target (snore) and started working on Emma’s Easter dress. Yes, I realize Easter in in just a matter of days, but I aim to procrastinate.
I really really needed these few hours in a back bedroom sitting in front of my machines.
I also promised Erin a tutorial on the ruffled leggings, so I’ll try to get to that in the next week.
Also, I was telling my mom that I haven’t made anything for Lucy, yet [besides some crib sheets and a quilt] but it’s for mostly selfish reasons. She grows out of everything so fast, and I’m thinking that by the time I measure her, cut the fabric and then sew it all together, she’ll have grown and inch and a half. I think I’ll wait a bit before I go sewing her any clothes.
Okay, maybe just ONE skirt.
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