So I’ve taken up a new hobby–sewing.  I’ve been asking Shawna for years now for a sewing machine, at first for the sole purpose of repairing stuff, but recently I’ve wanted to take up quilting and making clothing for Grammy.  I figure quilts are straight stitches, and clothes for Graem are small, discrete tasks. 

For my birthday this year, Shawna finally got me a machine–the Brother CS-100.  It does all sorts of cool stuff, most of which I will probably never use. 

Here’s an in-progress photo from the night before my birthday:

I pieced together the dress Wednesday and this morning.  It seems that I may have gone a little overboard with some edge-stitching, the neckline is a bunched up.  I’m not sure if this is something that will iron out, or whether I’ve done something wrong.  I left a message with my personal sewing hotline, Kim.  I’ll post more as soon as I make a little more progress.