Up until this afternoon, I had never used a sewing machine in my life. I was a little nervous about learning because I'm a bit of a perfectionist. My mom showed me how to thread the needle...and the other 6 or 7 hooks, latches, etc. it needs to be threaded through. She then showed me how to actually run the machine and start and stop at the end of the strips for the particular quilt I'm making.
It was then my turn to try it - it didn't look that difficult! Okay, so it wasn't that difficult, but I did struggle with a few things:
- Keeping the fabrics lined up with the "foot" of the machine AND with each other
- Finding a medium speed...well, more accurately, figuring out how to KEEP that medium speed...those pedals are touchy!
- Starting at the beginning of sewing two fabrics together without having it get jammed
I was able to sew 4 of the 28 blocks so far and I'm hoping it will start to go a bit faster once I get settled and more confident in what I'm doing. I'm really excited though because the strips that I have sewed look really good and I can't wait to see the entire thing put together, though that's a bit down the road still.
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