Wife-Bragging-On Time!!!
Can I just say how proud and super-impressed I am with Jenni?! She continues to blow me away with how she is steaming through learning how to use her sewing machine, as evidenced by the nifty sack above, but more on that later.
When we got the sewing machine, we also bought about 10 yards of clearance fabric for her to start practicing on. And I mean, really: the moment we got home, she dove right in to the very difficult task of reading the poorly illustrated and rarely captioned manual, and she started figuring things out. Not much later, she was making 'coasters,' just to figure out the stitches and start on getting them straight.
Soon, our house was filled with the pleasant hum of Jenni sewing away! Most of the time, I had no idea what she was sewing, I just knew the gentle hum of the Singer in the background meant something was happening that involved fabric and thread. Occasionally, she would pop out a placemat experiment, and then another, better placemat experiment. Those were followed by an apron, and she just went on and on, burning her way through the 10 yards of fabric.
(As a total sidenote, when we took the bolts of fabric to the cutter at Joann's and, when the lady asked how much of the pink fabric Jenni wanted--you should have seen the lady just about swallow her tongue when Jenni happily chirped, '6 yards!' I mean, if you haven't sewn lately or ever--that's a lot of fabric. Like, we're talking the Von Trapp kids could be totally clothed for summer in 6 yards of fabric.)
Anyhoo, at some point we were conjecturing about fun things she could do with her new sewing machine, maybe things she could eventually make to sell on Etsy, or at one of the two downtown stores here that are boutique-ish and whose owners we're good friends with. One of the things we came up with was fabric 'brown bags,' for women who want a fun, fresh way to bring their lunch to work. Make 'em lined, put in a bit of a bottom, use fun fabrics, just an idea...and I'll help you make a pattern, figure out measurements, etc...
So, on Sunday, while I'm sitting at the lappie making the internets (as Keegan says), I heard the occasional whirring of the Singer, and I don't give it no nevermind. And about two hours later, Jenni hands me the bag above, which she had designed, eyeballed, cut and sewn, all as a little experiment, all on her own.
YOWZA!!! WAY TO GO!!!
I was totally blown away. She is doing so great, and I am so proud of her! She's had the machine for just two weeks or so, and with no prior experience or training, is totally destroying it! Who knows what she will do next?!
...anything she puts her mind to! I know she can, and I am so proud of her, and so excited to see what she does next.
I love you, baby!
Comments
Okay, you know I couldn't leave this blog alone! I agree with you completely. I too believe that Jenni is an intelligent, reasoning, thoughtful young woman and can do just about anything she puts her mind to.
I know I'm Jenni's mom, but I humbly admit I have probably learned more from her than she has ever learned from me.
Love you, Sweetie!
Posted by: mommi b | July 11, 2007 12:34 PM
well, i'm going to grin for the rest of the day now....
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Posted by: jenni= ) | July 11, 2007 2:07 PM
I, too, am proud of Jenni! And super-excited my seester is now as crafty as I am! Yay!
Oh, and six yards of fabric might not be quite enough to clothe the Von Trapp children. . .but it is a lot!
Imagine the looks I got buying fabric for quilts; piling about 20 bolts of fabric on the cutting table and going, "I want ALL of this."
Posted by: sarah | July 19, 2007 9:22 AM