Here are a few pics of my coffee cup cozy and a mini hot pad. My attempts to befriend my singer one more time :D

After a long hiatus, here is my small attempt at making friends with the singer again.

Well, I've finished a few purses! Hurrah! They've come out fairly well considering that I'm fumbling around on my own. It is true what they say, "practice makes perfect". I've noticed that the sewing line is getting straighter and my foot is getting more comfortable on the presser foot. I'm not saying I will get a speeding ticket soon, but I'm beginning to get that "oh yeah" recognition feeling that comes after doing something a number of times. I've also made several change purses. The kind with the little kiss lock frame. They are really adorable and pretty easy to make. I am looking forward to gaining enough expertise to sell some of my new wares online. I'll take some pics soon and post my progress online.

LOVE sewing but not cutting out the fabric

So, I'm teaching myself to sew and am enjoying it very much...well, that is except for the part where I have to cut out the fabric pattern. O.K. and the part where the 'disappearing ink' (yeah, right) tracing pen squirts on my red shirt and stains it! It is disappearing ink that has ruined my top by remaining, grrr.

I've been enjoying the community of sewers and pattern sellers at etsy, U-handblog, Keyka-Lou Patterns, Pink Chalk Studio and all of the rest of the blogs that I follow. So many generous people have made tutorials for those of us who need the extra visual in order to teach ourselves with more confidence. I would love to offer some expertise, but at this point I am on the steep part of the learning curve, and am fit only to advise the most basic of sewers (Or sewer-wanna-beez). Welcome one and all!

Hopefully, I can share with those beginners as I learn. I will post pics of my goodies as I sew them up and as I hopefully place them up for sale at WearEarthWell.etsy.com
I will list links to sites that I love as I learn how 'blogging' works. Talk to you soon!