Roller Coaster Rides and Sewing???

Long Line of Seamstresses

I come from a long line of women who sew. In fact I have sewing machines from both my grandma and my great grandma and I treasure them.

My grandmother was an incredible seamstress and would sew all my moms clothes, costumes and formal dance wear.

Mom is also a fabulous seamstress and has also sewn a lot of my clothes growing up.

When my mom was newly married she decided to try her hand at sewing a velvet dress for herself.

Mom got so frustrated with that she wadded the whole thing into a ball and sewed it up into a mess and threw it away.

I think I take after her as I totally have a love/hate relationship with sewing!

Roller Coaster Ride and Sewing

I feel like I am on a roller coaster ride when I begin a new sewing project!

Giddy with excitement and yet a bit nervous right before my “ride” starts.

The process of choosing the sewing project is fun whether it is a tutorial I find online or a store bought pattern.

I begin to see it in my mind all completed, looking so cute for the person I made it for, or maybe it is something for my house.

My imagination is on fire at this point just like how you might feel right before you step into your seat for your roller coaster ride.

After you take your seat, the ride operator gives you some instructions and you begin to move…it is exciting!

Picking the Pattern

It’s time to begin to read the pattern instructions and the supply list for my project.

Now it is time to pick just the right fabric, thread, elastic, trims even new sewing machine needles!!

I am so excited I can’t wait to get home to start creating!

Then as you all know, when riding on a roller coaster there is a big hill to climb.

It takes effort for the roller coaster train to start up the hill and climb to the very top!

The same is true for my sewing project.

It starts out pretty easy but then it sometimes turns into real effort as I may make a few mistakes like sewing part of it the wrong way and it’s time to unpick!!!

Twist and Turns of Sewing

Then once that is done I begin sewing along and then the thread breaks and I have to stop and rethread the machine and start again.

Only to find out I have no thread on my bobbin!.

So I must unthread the machine and change it so it can wind the bobbin (thank heavens for automatic bobbin winding)

I once had a machine that was old and I had to HAND WIND the bobbin uh huh that was fun!

Once again I rethread the machine and start sewing only to find the fabric may or may not have been too thick and the needle breaks!

Oh and did I mention I have “more mature eyes” now and I CAN’T SEE the blasted eye in the needle to thread it very easily!.

I have to find my granny glasses…which of course were hiding on my head the whole time!!

LOL Uuurrghhgh frustration sets in..but I am determined to do this!!

Picture me chanting…”I think I can…I think I can..I know I can!”

FINALLY….I get through all that with a few more unpicking situations and I am onto the zipper…sheesh why can I not get it right the first time??

It never seems to line up perfectly..EVER! I chugged up the hill and now I can finally see the view from the top of the hill!!

Thrilling Ride of Sewing

And now for the thrilling part……wahoooo..(my arms are up and flying around)…it’s done!

I did it! And it looks awesome and best of all my precious granddaughter will love it! Wheeeeeee

I love this part!

It’s all worth it in the end even though the ride was twistyt urny and up and down…it was thrilling!

I love to create…do you?

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Karins Kottage

Welcome to Karins Kottage! There is always something fun going on! You would think after becoming an empty nester couple that our nest would be very quiet and empty but our Kottage nest is usually more full than what we started out with! You might find me hosting a birthday party or graduation party and a baby shower on the same weekend or a big outdoor get together with 25 of our friends and family in the backyard or maybe I might be in the kitchen trying out a new recipe for my hubby and I to grill on the BBQ for a quiet night for the two of us. I am passionate about entertaining and setting a beautiful table! I may or may not have an addiction to cloth napkins and fun salad plates oh and goblets too! I think I will always have a home decorating DIY project in the works as long as my hubby is on board with me haha. We have painted A LOT in the 6 homes we have owned in the 35 years that we have been married as well as re-done multiple pieces of furniture, added wall and ceiling treatments, replaced lights, bathroom fixtures and even tiled floors! I have sewn what seems like a million window treatments for our home as well as for family, made slipcovers, and duvets and even a formal dress or two!