The Project

So I asked Mom if she'd made my blanket for me yet.

She said "no".

"With the holidays and all I just haven't had time Roo. I'm sorry."

Humph. :(

It's cold Mom and I really need my blanky.

"Well I did buy the fabric. Do you want to help me make it?"

Mom, I don't know how to sew!
"That's okay" she says. "I don't either."
Hmmmm...thinkin Holy Poop!

"I did find some "easy" directions on the internet though" she says.
"I think we can do this." "Let's try k?"
Oh why not I say.

"Okay, first it says we have to cut the salvage edges off."
I ask what a salvage edge is. "It's the part that doesn't look too good" she says.
Okay, then what? "Then we have to pin the edges."
"I think you could do this part Roo and
then I'll do the part with the sewing machine."
"Let me know when you're done" she says.

A couple hours later...

Whew! That took furever!

Mom inspects...

"This outa work just fine." "Good job Roo!"
Thinkin with your 'vast sewing knowledge' Mom,
Those kudos mean a lot ?
Anyway, what's next?
"Now the directions say we need to stitch up all the sides
leaving one corner open so we can turn it inside out."
"I'll get the sewing machine" she says.

Hmmm... looks complicated. How's it work?
"I don't remember but I do have the manual"
she says with a look of triumph on her face.

I'm thinkin I might not want to watch this.
I'll just hang out in the chair. Let me know when you're done.

So I did my best to nap with the sound of tatatatatata in the background
interspersed with the sounds of pages turnin.
After I don't know how long, Mom says "Done!" "Come take a look."

Is the stitchin suppose to bend in and out like that?
"Well not really but I think it'll look okay once we turn it inside out" she says.
I figure sayin nothin else right now is best. ;)
So she pulls the fabric through the hole and then does a final stitch to close it and...

Viola! "A horsey blanky for the pony" she says laughing.
Pony? I thought this was my blanket?
"It is. Just kidding" she says with a skewed smile.

Ahhh nice and warm.

Thinkin we didn't do too bad for novices :)

Roo