Happy #NeedleWorkMonday everyone! I am excited to share our sewing class with you today! We both started our first projects and it was quite fun I must admit. It was so fun that we lost track of time and got home a little later than planned. I am sewing a Baby Bunting for my 4 month old baby girl (letter C in above picture). I hope I don’t take too long with this because I don’t want her to outgrow it before I’m finished. 😬

I spent a couple of hours at Joann’s picking out the materials I needed. I had my mom on the phone walking me through it since she was unable to go with me. It was a funny experience for me. When I was a little girl I remember having to go with my mom to these fabric stores. I was B-O-R-E-D out of my witts I thought I would die of boredation! I use to sit down at the tables and look through the pattern books to find some kind of amusing gratification as she spent hours browsing, measuring and shopping. 😩😴 I thought,

what did I do to deserve this torture? 😂

Then there I was, walking around the fabric store browsing, measuring and shopping just like my mom. No one could have paid me enough to believe I would be doing crafts one day. It was quite a joy having some alone quiet time as I took my time getting what I needed. It looked like I knew what I was doing with all of these supplies in my hand lol. 😌

The Pattern

You’ll find that on a lot of patterns there are multiple choices of garments you can make. It’s important to pay close attention to the letter(s) of your desired choice. The baby bunting I am making is letter C. It shows both the front and the back of my project. Letter D is the hat that goes with the bunting but I will not be making that.

When getting your fabric and notions you refer to the back of the pattern. You find the letter of your garment and follow it across to the needed size. In my case I am making the XL so I had to pick a 60” size fabric and get 1 1/8 yard cut. She told me to always get a little more fabric than required just in case. Then I had to grab a 22” zipper and a one snap fastener. I was so glad I found this pretty polka dot material for an additional 50% off the sale price.

Laying Out and Cutting Pattern Pieces

Inside the pattern are the instructions on cutting out the pieces, how to lay out and pin them on the fabric and of course sewing it all together. Once again the pieces are labeled/numbered according to you chosen garment. I only have to cut out the numbers associated with letter C for the bunting.

I laid out the pattern and carefully cut each required piece. It was nerve wrecking.

Ironing

Once all of the pieces were cut I ironed each of them. This is an extra step that my mom likes to take for easier pinning. Her cute table ironing board has an ironing pad on one side and a cutting board on the other.

I also ironed out the fabric and folded it as even as I could get it making sure to iron down the crease. Some of the pattern pieces will be pinned along the fold. I really love how this material feels and how it shines.

Pinning

This is the last step I got to that night. I managed to get the front and back pinned to the material. I wanted to keep going and get all the pieces pinned but it was getting pretty late and I was starting to see double...okay it wasn’t that bad but I was pooped. It was pretty intense cutting out the pieces because I was afraid I would cut into the pattern or tear it somehow. That paper is sooooo delicate.

Pauly Bear

Instead of starting with Barbie doll clothes, my mom thought it would be better if my daughter starts out with a Teddy. She wants her to get more practice behind the machine before doing smaller items.

That was all of the work she did on the bear so far. Mom wanted her to practice sewing curves to get ready since she will be doing a few of them when sewing the bear.

I am so proud of my little sewer! She is such a fast learner and a natural at this. I can see now that I will be learning from her. She is so different than I was at her age. The excitement and passion she already has for this craft is very inspiring and it keeps me motivated. There have been a couple of times I tried to make excuses of skipping class. 🤷🏽‍♀️ The look on her face and the disappointment convicted me and pushed me to go every time. She really wants to do this so I will make sure she does ~

Thanks for Coming to Class!

All pictures are my own and were taken with our Cannon EOS Rebel T6.

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