A Cup of Coffee & a $99 Sewing Machine

Well, I survived my first blog post!  I must admit that I was a bit nervous about starting a blog. What would I write about? Who would read it? Who would care about the goings on of my day? Not to mention that I never really even understood the purpose of a blog..... until now. I put it out there and it was FUN!

Here's where the coffee and $99 come in. How in the world did a girl like me go from not having one single hobby, other than gardening, to realizing my dream?  On a whim I decided that I wanted a sewing machine. Why? No real reason. I figured I could make a sofa pillow or maybe some doll clothes for my daughter. I bought the cutest machine that Sears had...A $99 Singer Inspiration. Then I ran over to a fabric store and bought some supplies. For kicks I grabbed a pattern for baby bibs. To this day I cannot tell you why I bought that particular pattern. My kids were getting big and they had no use for baby bibs. Looking back I am convinced that it must have been fate.

The next morning I woke up early, 5am, and immediately started thinking about that machine. What did all those buttons and knobs do? Having used my Mom's old machine when I was a little girl, I wondered if it would all come back to me, like riding a bicycle? What in the world would I make first?

I got up and poured a cup of coffee, picked up the pattern and proceeded to attempt to make the bib. And make it I did. I'd say that my Singer Inspiration did just what its name suggested. It inspired me.