This one is not a hobby…
I swear. I’m learning to sew for practical purposes only. 
And my very first sewing project was to complete the fabric covers for the kids’ toy shelves. I found the material years and years ago and had someone sew one panel for me. And the rest of the fabric got set aside until “later”.
It’s finally “later”.
So looking at the existing panel had me thinking it couldn’t be that difficult. I’ve used the sewing machine before to sew a few scrapbook pages together, so I thought I would try my hand at using it for its’ intended purpose. And I actually sat down and read the manual cover to cover… I still messed things up at first (a lot), but I eventually got the hang of it.
And the final product turned out pretty cute. Not only did I sew the other panel, I used the leftover fabric to make a bunch of ties to hold the curtain out of the way when we didn’t want it hanging over the toy shelves.
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I even learned how to sew buttonholes in order to make the tie-ups! 
So my goal is to learn to sew well enough to be able to do basic mending and hemming at home and also do some custom curtains. Because it’s sooooo ridiculously expensive to get curtains that have neat details like buttons and tabs and I think I could put something together that really looks nice.
Side note: Here’s an interesting story I came across about a young woman here in Ottawa who started a new business through sewing: Hip Headscarves
August 05 2009 10:58 am | domestic engineering and family and house to home and pics
