Can't Sew For Beans: My Weekend Disaster...Project

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I broke my needle, tangled up my thread, sewed a meandering river across the hem and then destroyed it while pulling out the threads.

My mom said, "Use your sewing machine."

Me: "That WAS my sewing machine!"


If I were making a map, I'd sew in straight lines.


I used the worst kind of fabric. Of course, of course. Somebody told me fabric was important, but I'd already bought this one. I ended up hand-stitching it because...


Kill me now.


And there it is. You can't take it anywhere. First Halloween costume I've stitched that actually fit a person.

Comments

  1. Priscilla BettisMarch 10, 2020 at 3:46 AM

    The worst kind of sewing machine is one that has a Critical Need Detector. If you're in critical need of mending something, the machine knows, and it's CND shuts down the machine with sudden, strange malfunctions. Kinda like laptops.

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    1. JuliaMarch 10, 2020 at 10:45 AM

      Really?! Oh, that sucks! I better check to see if mine is that way.

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