I finished these PJs for the 6 year old: https://sewing.patternreview.com/review/pattern/184726
and she got them today.
Also finally got to give her 6th grade sister, the kimono and top set I sewed a few weeks ago, which she seemed to really like. (Or she is just TOO polite?)
Anyway, after dinner, I showed her some other fabric choice options from my stash, and she quickly picked out 2 more for the kimono pattern, so will start on those next week.
I have been enjoying my sewing time these past few months, but still get that feeling sometimes that I JUST want to sew, and not be bothered for a day or more, with all the other little daily routines. Is this normal to feel this way?
“Is this normal to feel this way?”
It was normal in my house, growing up. Mom always had a dedicated sewing room. She is an AWESOME seamstress. I am somewhat of a disappointment to her in that area, but she neither knits or crochets, so she appreciates that in me. And my vegetable garden kicks butt, and she loves raiding it. ;)
It wasn’t unusual for her to ‘go in’ for a few days at a time, especially if she was working on a Wedding Dress or anything else that required her full concentration.
Or else she was just drinking for a few days straight, taking a break from husband and kids. We’ll never know, LOL!
My Mom made all of our “jammies” when we were kids. We always had nice, fluffy terrycloth robes, too. She and her BFF used to dress us four girls (Me & Sis, Betty & Bonnie) alike at every holiday in pretty hand-made dresses.
Our Christmas blue velvet dresses with the lace collars were our absolute favorites, though our Easter dresses were always pretty, too. ‘The Grandmas’ provided fancy hats, gloves, tights, and white patent-leather shoes and purses to complete the ensembles. :)
Great memories! Wish I still had those dresses, but they got passed down to younger Cousins. Waste not, want not!
One ‘heirloom’ I plan on grabbing in a fire is a quilt my Grandma made that has leftover scraps of clothing in it from all of us through the years. Again, great memories.
Handcrafted ‘anything’ leaves behind great memories! :)
“I JUST want to sew, and not be bothered for a day or more, with all the other little daily routines. Is this normal to feel this way?”
Normal? Not really. Normal is not wanting to be bothered for A WEEK or more with daily routines.