frantic pants

So I am absolutely infatuated with vintage patterns. For the last few months I have been dancing around the idea of buying some of the cheap lots of vintage patterns off eBay and attempting to actually make something. (Insert my mother’s laughter here) No my mother isn’t cruel she is simply one of the few people that have seen my sewing handicrafts and my sad machine. Well it’s not sad its just a bit older (a Necchi from the 70s) and finicky like old machines can be. So for now since I am super indecisive about buying a bunch of patterns I changed the look of the site to satisfy my vintage pattern cravings.

I have always admired people with mad sewing skills (and when I say mad skills I mean those sick people that the inside of the garment is just as neat and tidy as the outside). I hear that’s the sign of a good crafter…yet I am one of those people that sometimes I get in such a hurry no one should look at the back of my work because they would be shocked at the amounts of snagged thread, tape or whatever.

So this is my new goal…take it slow, stick to a pattern (I even found a site that links to tons of free apron patterns) and sew something not too hideous. I really want to participate in Amy Karol’s TIE ONE ON. I don’t think I have time for this month’s theme, but by the time the next theme is out maybe I will have built some sewing skills of my own.