I’m a Little Late but ……

Dealing with a difficult sewing project when the news came down, though it was good to know Jaw Jah came through, I was teetering on the edge and just couldn’t with 45 at the time.

As for what had frustrated me, pushed me to the edge ...... after Monday’s workout, I’d spent the remainder of the afternoon, well into late night, trying to stitch up a "simple/easy" sewing machine cover, to replace the current torn, tattered, held together with duct tape cover.

Simple and easy though the tutorial indicated the project was, it ended up being like something from Ikea.

Math was involved, and math being my Achilles Heel, the first eight hours of a 3-hour project did not go well.

Quite a bit of fabric was harmed in that first attempt, because measure twice cut once wasn’t working with the measurements I’d come up with.

I went to bed frustrated that night, but determined to start fresh the next morning …… Tuesday — the day of Activity Director’s End of Summer Luncheon.

I’d planned to attend ─ not for the food, which I was sure there would be nothing I could eat anyway, but for the tea, then decided my time would be better served running a few quick errands, and giving the sewing machine cover another go.

There was much trial, error, tweaking before I understood what I was doing and today completed a cover after this morning's workout.

Problem was, it came up short, didn’t fit my machine lengthwise.

Once again, problems with my calculations.

No way was I going to purchase more fabric, start all over. So, ingenuity came into play. I cut the cover in half, right down the center, added a strip of fabric to lengthen and …….

From this

To this

Not exactly what and how the tutorial instructed, and 3 hours turned into 3 days, a total of 22 hours, but I got her done. Even added a pocket to house the pedal.

I’m thinking it needs an opening for the machine handle, so I’ll work that in …… eventually.

Skelly wanted to sew along, so I bought him a machine.