Wednesday, May. 29, 2002 10:40 P.M.
I am SEW frustrated!
Betsy Ross, I Ain't!! Remember here when I said I was going to make some skirts? Yup, I said piece of cake. 30 minutes per skirt. Yup, I said that. Once again, I have opened my facial orifice and inserted one of my bi-peds. Amazing when you take up sewing how much you really need that you don't have. This would start with a talent for sewing, for instance. Next, Take scissors. I have two pair of scissors that I have had for ages. One pair almost cuts paper and the other pair I use on hubby's hair. He must have very weak hair because there was no way those scissors were going to cut cloth. I am sure it couldn't have been the little pie tins that I cut up, or the fact that I sometimes use them as a screwdriver, can opener or other such thing. Naw! couldn�t be.
Well anyway, I sat down to do some serious sewing. I managed to cut enough material for a skirt. Now this wasn�t supposed to be rocket science. You take some cloth, hold it up and cut away all the material that isn�t a skirt, right? Ok, I am being a little silly. I DID measure it, allowing for a hem and a hem at the top to put in the elastic. So far, so good. Until I grab the scissors. It took me over an hour to gnaw through that cloth. But I did manage. Now I sit down to my new sewing machine. Well, it�s not actually new. It is 3 years old. I told hubby I HAD to have one because I was going to make all my own clothes and clothes for all my grandbabies. Ya right! The third time I used it, (And I DID sew a Barbie outfit for my granddaughter, but by the time I finished with it, that damn doll had grow two sizes!) the tension or something messed up. Now you can give me a computer that has had the Crash of the Titans and I can get it running. Give me a screwed up bobbin and my fingers turn to molasses and my brain turns to play dough. Not a pretty sight, trust me. So now, I am back to the present. I have my clothe all cut and I even manage to put in pins along where I have to sew without skewering myself like a shish-ka-bob. How, I don�t know. Now I�m cooking! I start sewing and begin to feel like little Suzy Homemaker. I sewed the whole length of the skirt and held it up to admire my handi-work. Gee, ya know how if you pull the front and back of a skirt apart, all you see is an invisible line? That may be because they turn it inside out before they sew it! ARRRRGGGGHH! I put aside the skirt until I could buy one of those things, I think they call it a seam ripper. I a not going to give up! I went to Wallyworld yesterday. I bought the seam ripper, thread, every color in the rainbow, new scissors, elastic, 2, count them, 2 patterns, and a partridge in a pear tree. No, I didn�t really buy the partridge. I was just seeing if you were paying attention. I am goin to try this again on Saturday. I am determined to wear my new creation to our Summer office Dinner on Saturday night. I will! I WILL! All else fails, the thrift shop is open on Saturday. There IS a cute little number in the window. Later... Later,
Cosmic
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