Sewing, sewing, sewing... and other things

This weekendI created some new curtains for the apartment and had enough left over to make a little pillow. It was the first time I had ever sewn on a machine- seriously sewn (I had tried to sew with a piece of newspaper once- don't do that; and was coerced into trying to sew on an industrial machine, yikes...). Even though I was nervous to use it, and beside the fact that it only cost me a penny (thanks to gift cards), I felt a little bad for "really really really wanting one" and then leaving it to sit for months. To tell you the truth, I was scared to use it. After the sewing machine I used newspaper in went haywire, I considered my fingers too important for such a craft. I later reconfirmed this when I sat down at the industrial sewing machine and it almost sucked my fingertips under its death needle.

Little did I know that sewing could be fun.

Here are the projects. They've been awesome to make, and I'm pretty proud of them. I just finished inserting the dowels and cord for the single panel curtain. The double panel curtains are hung by a tension wire and metal clips. It is way sweet, at least compared to the Motel 6 curtains that came standard with the apartment. A needed upgrade, most definitely.

My first stitches on my machine; really great job. Ha ha:


My first seam:



Getting the dowels in:



How I attached the cord:



It works!



How I tied it off:



Trying it out a little more:



The other curtains and their various parts:



Oh, and my little pillow:

Here's a picture that I mistakenly put in and now it won't erase. No one cares about you, tree.