Or more appropriately titled Lulu`s sewing blunder #32
Turns out there is a different foot for zips. I attempted to make a little zip purse on the weekend and couldn`t for the life of me figure out how people do zips so figured I would just give it ago by myself.
Bad idea.
Why didn`t anybody tell me you need to change machine foot (feet?) for that.
Such a shame as I was just about to consider a career in dress making. Oh well I guess it is back to the drawing board for my career search…It truly is a shame that I am a crap sewer and also a crap writer otherwise I could of had one of those cool crafty blogs that everybody loves.
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I am just a twenty something Aussie girl living in Chiba, Japan with my Japanese husband trying to make sense of the crazy Japanese world we live in! We welcomed our first son in December 2009 (Noah) and a second son in January 2011, 2 months premature (Shion). I am working hard at raising them to be confident, bilingual, happy kids!
Hey, don’t be so hard on yourself! You wouldn’t have so many readers if you really were crap!
Well, I love your blog and your writing because you are grounded and real and that is attractive to readers, friends, etc…. oh and by the way, I can not even sew a button nor have the patience for it.. DH (darling hubby) does all the bloody tendering to things which are not big enough to make it to the cleaners…
Shoot, I didn’t even know what you were talking about with the foot thing. I read that first sentence, and was like “huh? FEET??” So there is someone (much) less crafty than yourself in the blogging world, rest assured.
I hear you, I can’t sew to save my life Lulu!!! : ) I own a sewing machine and about as far as I can go is sewing on the name tags and labels on my son’s school things. And even that took much work and learning for me. : ) I’m not crafty at all. Sniff, sniff. : )
Sewing is one of those skills that gets better over time. Start with a curtain since all the lines are straight and then work up from there. That’s what I did at least!
Lulu, I am the queen of blunders/clumsiness/silliness so my motto is “if at first you don’t succeed, try and try again!” I also have trouble doing zips and found this tutorial really helpful! Hope it helps you too!! Plus, it tells you how to make a little pouch which is totally cute!
http://www.twelve22.org/2006/07/zipper_tutorial.html
Katie- Thanks darl! I am looking forward to seeing you next week- we can talk sewing amoungst other things (and the fact you need to get yourself a proper blog!)
Girl Japan- My button sewing skills are also quite crap yet I can do better than Shun who I don`t think can even thread a needle…I will get there with my sewing eventually. Then I can teach you next time I visit Nagoya!!!
Jess- My whole life I have wanted to be crafty and it honestly hasn`t really happened for me. I can knit, make jewellery, paper crafts etc but I am not extrodinary at any of those things which is dissapointing for me after all the effort I ahve put in. I am hoping, that one day, it will all just click and I will become one of those super crafty successful people that I long to be!
Gina- What about uwabaki bag for school? Did you sew them? I am under the impression that most yochien mothers etc make there own but please prove me wrong !!! I have always wanted to be able to sew though…and while I had lessons when I was yojnger I have all but forgotten everything! Plus you are an AMAZING cook it seems- so you have that going for you so you don`t need to learn to sew! hehe! Thanks for your comments on the other recent posts too….nice to see you do bbqs every week- I really want to too yet we need house and a yard for that. I will work on Shun!hehe
Sarah- That is good to know. My knitting has definitely got better with time an practise. I have 5 hours of sewing lessons lined up which I hope will help me get started at least. There are lots of projets I want to try…
Jessica- That is a great tutorial- I am going to try again this weekend for sure! I like your motto- I just got fed up and quit…woops! That pouch is really cute, similar to what I was trying to make last weekend. I will give it another go this weekend and if it doesn`t work I will ask my NEW sewing teacher next week. 2 x 2.5 hour lessons, private at her house at $85 for 5 hours. Awesome price, no?
Hi Lulu, yes the bags for school are supposed to be homemade. Ours are too except, I didn’t make them. I buy them online here in Japan. Sort of sneaky I think, but I really can’t sew. : (
So some Japanese super crafty mom here in Japan, has made ours. Ha ha ha. Have a good weekend over there. : )
Hi Lulu
That’s a great tutorial there, how has it worked out?
I sew a lot as you know but even my mother commented just yesterday how amazing it is that I can sew so well now. I can only say practice does indeed make perfect!
I’m one of those moms who sews for other moms!! drop me a line when you and future DH have kids and you need bags for kindergarten!