My Completed Sewing Project

Here are the photos to prove that I did use my sewing machine!

Step One: Scoot all of Michael's mess of tools, etc. to his side of the dining room table. Lay out the fabric. Take a deep breath.
Step Two: Set up the ironing board. Fill the iron with distilled water b/c it's gonna need to be steamy! Remind myself that curtains are just a series of hems.

Step Three: Make sure to have some good tunes on. I had my ipod set to play the best of Don Williams. He sang some of the best lovey songs ever. My dad is a huge fan & that is something I definitely inherited from him.

Step Four: Remove shoes/flip flops. I must have skin on foot feed contact b/c my major difficulty with sewing comes from regulating the speed of the machine. I'm convinced that if my skin touches the machine it will "know" the speed I need to go. And it won't run away with me. And cause me to sew through my finger *wince*
Do you like the red polish? It's called "I'm Not Really A Waitress" Love.It.

Step Five: Turn the machine on to find out that the light bulb is burnt out. Stomp your bare foot & moan loudly. Then decide that you're going to sew anyway! It actually wasn't that hard to see. I was just flat out determined to get this project done once I started.

Step Six: Get out a broom & knock down all the scary cob webs & spider webs in the back door entry way. Hang the new curtains. Take lots of pics. Post pics & blog about it!

We liked the new curtains so much that we bought a new floor mat that evening. Our little back door is kinda cute now.

Don't you just love these stripes? They make me smile. Especially since they are now curtains & not a pile of material laying around making me feel guilty *grin*