TatianaROX!

I've really been into sewing lately.
Not the sewing that I used to do as a 6 year old (which included creating boxy doll dresses held on by rubber bands and pillowcases sometimes held together with duct tape).
I've been receiving sewing lessons twice a week by this awesome lady in my ward (Sister Davis), who happens to be a seamstress, and she lives on our street. She gives me lessons on Tuesday and Thursday mornings when her daughter goes to kindergarten. I am very thankful for this, because I know that she could be sewing things for her job rather than giving me lessons in the hours that her children are gone! She's amazing.
I've made two shirts so far. The first (and rather sad looking one) is a Dolman swing top made with super light and breezy fabric. I made it oversized so that it would look very "swing top"-ish.
However, as hard as I tried to avoid it, the edges have been fraying really badly!

The second shirt I made is with a thick knit fabric, and is made with the same pattern as the first. I did not account for the fabric stiffness difference, so the second is a little "tent"-ish. I am going to put darts on the front to try and minimize this, and Sister Davis showed me how to put a seam down the right side of the back and we are going to put red buttons on the back! (It's purely aesthetic). You can't tell in the picture, but the shirt is actually black and white striped, and I LOVE the combination of black, white, and red!

To top it all off, most of the sewing work is done with a surger, and then folded over and sewn. Well, another awesome woman in the ward (Sister Saben) gave me a surger in exchange for helping her with her yard sale this past Saturday!

 Here is the kicker ~ she had no idea that in the past few weeks I have learned to sew.
What an amazing "coincidence"!
I love the grace and tender mercies of our Heavenly Father! He is honestly the best.













Oh, and as an afterthought, I got a rock-awesome shirt for 25 cents at that same yard sale... Cha-ching!