Last year two of the Jo-Ann’s in town closed so they could make one mega Jo-Ann’s. For some reason when they open a new store they don’t use any inventory from old stores, so everything was on sale. It took me a while to realize this was happening and I didn’t get many awesome deals. But when fabric is 90% off it’s hard to pass up. Even if it is an odd stiff flocked taffeta type. That’s how I ended up with a lot of this:
Tuesday prefers to only take pictures while making weird poses. The skirt is a little big, but hey, she can wear it next year!
I finally decided to give up on my mom’s old serger. It’s a beast that will serve someone well but I needed something very easy to use, and when I found this under $200 model on Amazon it seemed too good to be true. But it works great! Here I removed some technical part and only used three threads and one needle to do a sort of rolled hem. My first crack at it and I think it’s perfectly servicable. Sergers are so expensive in sewing machine shops, if you’re looking to dabble in knits or just want serged edges to things I highly recommend this one.
What is she doing with her hands? No idea. I kind of want to make myself a skirt out of this stuff too. I bought enough to make a giant tablecloth (I think that is what I was buying it for), but a skirt sounds like much more fun. I have to figure out the making it over my bottom problem though. Hmm, maybe I’ll stick with quilts and flat things for now. Actually right now I think I better go up to bed. Bennet has already been asleep for over two hours…. which means I’m in serious trouble tomorrow… damn you sewing machine and your allure!
Thanks for the link to that serger ~ definitely worth checking out.
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