Sew Determined: First Project Ever

You guys can't even begin to imagine the tears. The hurt. The pain. All because I couldn't get my new sewing machine up and working.

If you missed the first installment of Sew Determined, click here.

Otherwise, keep reading. =)

Once I knew I had to replace my chairs out front (wait, I forgot to tell you, see pic below:)

Yes... my beautiful Adirondack chairs had to vacate the front premises. So I decided to buy new, rather boring, chairs and dress them up with a fun pillow.

I found some pillows at Goodwill a while ago. The cover unzipped and it came right off.

After my dad came over to help thread the darn machine (this is after hours of me trying to read the Greek instructions), I was able to get my sewing on. I practiced a few times on a scrap of material. I broke the needle. I cried some more. But eventually, I got the material sewn shut on three sides.

I ended up doing a google search for instructions on how I should close the third side (I say third because I left the material attached on one end, and just folded it over the pillow).

Again, after some trial and error, I decided to hand stitch. The section I was doing by hand was to be the bottom of the pillow, anyway. No big deal, right?!

Here is the finished product - my first ever sewing project - with the new chairs out front:

Of course, I couldn't stop there. I HAD to have a coordinating wreath:

The fabric is my FAVE... $8.99 a yard from Hobby Lobby... then I used my 40% off coupon.  So,  nice price considering I got 2 pillows and 1 new wreath out of it. The colors and BRIGHT and CHEERY! Just my spring style.

Sew.... I feel like I may be able to actually get some more sewing projects done. The machine is no longer my nemesis; it's my friend.