This is not a wise place for me to wander in.
I've blogged before about how expensive I can make that ends up being. And it's already happening now with sewing. I've bought pins, a couple of pin cushions, sewing scissors, elastic, fabric, more empty bobbins, a case to hold my thread, and I ordered additional thread to go along with all the other spools I purchased.
The masks were a necessity, and with nothing available at the time the project got underway, I am not counting that against me. But now I've bought flannel to make pajama pants for this winter. (Surely, I'll be a good enough sewer by then to handle it?) Then I remembered the super cool Japanese knot project bag I have for my knitting and how much money I paid for it and I said, I bet I could make my own!
I now have three or four free PDF patterns downloaded to my "Sewing Patterns" file on my hard drive. :-/
Then I remembered Bluprint. I'm still a member there and surely they have a Japanese knot bag pattern or tutorial or something. They didn't, but they had videos for other bags including a patchwork tote bag. And as I watched, I thought: I can make that!
Now I need interfacing and all the super cool sewing/quilting rulers that the instructor used in her videos. Do you see my problem?
Oh, and I could use some good pinking shears, and a sewing basket, and....
Why didn't I keep my mom's sewing things????
