Friday, November 02, 2007

This is why I am not a seamstress!

Ok this is so embarrassing. I finally got a day off and decided to pull out my sewing machine and start sewing my yellow star baby blanket. I had already cut both layers and the batting, tacked it down with pale yellow cotton embroidery thread so it was ready for the binding.



I even looked up directions online.

So it started out ok!But quickly took a turn for the worse.
My machine kept pulling the satin to the side. So on some sides I ran off and then had to go over them again. Then in some places I had 1/4 seam...sigh
I had small puckers!
I had parts where the machine wouldn't push the material through so it has bunched up stitches! The corners...oh the corners! Not an even one to be seen after the first kinda straight one...

Such a cute blanket but such awful binding...
I think I'm gonna leave it this way. You know the awful part is that I'm having to hold myself back from running to Jo-Anns to get more fabric, batting and binding to see if practice makes perfect...lol...I should really just go work on James' socks and the Bee shawl....Pictures of that maybe tomorrow(:

Mr Jack loves his toy that his Mama crocheted then fulled for him...