I took my first t-shirt sewing class last weekend & it was completely frustrating & an absolute bust. Although my lovely, almost brand new sewing machine can perform many tasks...sewing on jersey knit is one thing that it just cannot do. Aside from cutting out my fabric, I completed nothing else in the 2 hrs I was in the class! The lady who was instructing spent quite a bit of time with me trying to troubleshoot, but it was all for naught...I left class with one poorly sewn & puckered shoulder seam. I did a bunch of testing at home - trying different thread, changing needles, changing stitches, anything I could think of, but just couldn't get my machine to work. I did some Internet research, but wasn't able to find anything that I hadn't already tried. Yesterday was the second & last class so I decided to break out my mom's old machine...the 1970's Sears Kenmore...and it worked like a charm! Fortunately, my mom kept the manual so I was able to figure out how to adjust everything. I was such a happy girl! I got caught up to where I should have been at the end of the first class & went to class to finish everything up. So exciting!!! I'm going to have to take my new one in to get it fixed though - I really need to be able to sew on jersey with that thing.
I also realized this weekend that it's almost x-mas. I knew it was coming up, but hadn't realized how soon it was actually going to be here. So, I got started on quilt #2, a x-mas gift for my sis. I have a pattern for this one, so things are going much smoother than they did the first time when I decided to just wing it. Here are some pics:
I also worked on making some vanilla extract - such a great idea!!! It's so expensive to buy a bottle of the real stuff & I seem to go through it pretty quickly, so I made myself a small bottle & made a large bottle for a gift:
I have surprised myself once again by realizing that next weekend is the only one left before x-mas...I still have a few more things to make, so it looks like it's going to be a pretty busy week.
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