30 Things in 30 Days: Thing #14—Sew some Curtains

My grandma gave David and me a sewing machine as one of her many wedding gifts to us nearly three years ago on August 14, 2009.

We had never used it.....................until TODAY.

We've been trying to sew curtains for Hollie's room since Christmas or something. A long time. I think we bought the material for it in March. So today's Awesome Thing has been a long time coming.

And, actually, we need to wait a little longer.

Note the pile of string and the bobbin I finally abandoned for a new one (an unlucky bobbin, I tell you!). The white cloth to the right is my practice fabric. And boy, did I ever need practice.

You see, we started this project in the a.m., but I what I didn't realize was how long it was going to take me to relearn everything from high school home economics classes. I've sewed with my mom pretty recently, but she's in charge of all the hard parts like prepping the bobbins and stringing the stringies (I obviously am not well-equipped with the necessary terminology. Which is particularly embarrassing considering how much Project Runway I've watched over the past five years).

We ran to Hobby Lobby for some more necessaries, and then we came home and ate dinner around the crafting spot (P.S. to Sherry if she is reading—you were right about Jamie Oliver's cauliflower mac & cheese: super yummy. Also, I wish I would have read your latest comment before we stopped by the library for a third time this week!).

Fortunately, babies' high chairs come with their own table. Of course, this doesn't keep the sweet potatoes from reaching a five-foot distance in any direction. But Little Baboo kept the mess to just her goatee area this evening, like a good little girl.

After Hollie went to bed, David put himself on ironing/measuring duty, and I was on sew-it-all-together duty. We did it! But now the baby is sleeping. So you all will just have to wait until tomorrow to see what it looks like in Babaloo's bedroom (I know the anticipation must be terrible).

The sneak peek:

We wanted fabric that made Hollie's room seem like it is inside a big tree, and when she opens up the curtains, it is like pulling back tree branches. It also reminds me of this flowered wallpaper my grandma used to have on her walls. My sister and I are still a little obsessed with that wallpaper pattern.

Awesome Thing 14—Sew some Curtains = ACCOMPLISHED, almost/sorta