Sunday, December 21, 2008

Rest in Peace, Seam Ripper

I haven't been doing much lately, so I haven't posted lately. Over Thanksgiving weekend, I made two diapers. One on Saturday at my mom's house and one on Sunday at my inlaws' house. The one on Sunday turned out much better than Saturday's. It was the same stained glass fabric from IKEA. Saturday's diaper is dirty, so I can't take a photo. But, what I can say is that I learned a few things!

First, I learned an easier way for me to do my back elastic. I was trying to contort my fabric and do weird stuff, but I realized that if I slip it into the pocket that is made by my top stitch and my initial stitch, it is much easier. Then, I can sew a vertical stitch to hold the elastic in place.

Also, I learned that when I'm sewing down my soaker, I really need to put the presser foot down. I swear, I had been leaving it up because the soaker is kind of thick, but remember when I said my bobbin was doing weird things? It wasn't my bobbin. It was the fact that my presser foot was up.

And I also learned that I was missing a spot where I was threading my machine. I never really had trouble with it, but my mom said I wasn't doing it right and my mother-in-law agreed. So, now I am doing it right.

And fast forward to tonight. I decided to make a new diaper because I got some precut Zorb and flannel pieces for soakers. I messed up big time, though, and had to rip it all out. Only I couldn't find my seam ripper. For shame!

So, I ran to JoAnns and grabbed two half yards of fabric (I'm an addict...even if I'm not sewing much, I'm apparently still buying fabric), a box of pins, a gingerbread house kit and a new purple seam ripper.

Those who know me know that purple is my favorite color. I swear I didn't lose my seam ripper on purpose just to get a new purple one. I have no idea where it is.

It doesn't matter, though, because my sweet husband was ripping out some stitches for me so that I could work on getting the child to sleep. In the process, he managed to break my seam ripper. My brand new purple one. He broke it!