I have fallen into the world of sewing in such a fast and furiously wonderful way. Hard to describe but I tend to be a bit obsessive about my projects and in the past week or so I have been spending my freetime trying to learn as much as I can about machine sewing. Even knowing that the learning curve (curves are hard to sew by the way) is steep and I am at the bottom, I am really relishing the process.

So what this straight stitching will teach me is a mystery, but the goal this week is a wearable skirt at some point. Buttonholes be dammned and zipper seams will simply have to cooperate as I try again and again.

There is a relaxed and rythmic way in which the bobbin and the needle dance through the fabric (I keep trying new ones mostly the cheapest most cotton-y things I can find). There's a hum the the machine makes that I find soothing and the joy of the pressed seam is one of accomplishing practical tasks.

More process than product at this point but I don't mind...

Rachael