Sewing...

Awhile ago I bought a new heating pad and I was a little disappointed when I got home. I'm happy that the cover is removable so that it can be washed, but the only thing keeping it on is a little snap button that doesn't work very well. Anytime I move and it's on my back the darn thing pops open and slides right off. So I bought some velcro to fix my little problem and went to sew it on using the sewing machine. It was a disaster... I didn't know what I was doing and I just got frustrated and quit. Well my lovely husband said he would sew it for me... I know it's pathetic that I have to ask my husband to do these things for me... anyways, he doesn't use the heating pad so he has been procrastinating sewing on the velcro.

Well today I had had enough of it and I decided to break out a needle and thread and sew it by hand.. that lasted all of 2 minutes. When I realized how long it was going to take to actually sew 4 pieces of velcro on I gave up the idea of hand sewing and grabbed the sewing machine. I got it all set up on the kitchen table and was able to sew 8 lines to secure the 4 pieces of velcro. Let me tell you, sewing machines are very intimidating. I actually almost gave up after the first line because when I started the second line the thread broke and I didn't know how to put it back through the little obstacle course that it must go through before it can actually be sewn into fabric. I figured it out and endured 'til the end! I re-did one of the lines because it was so terrible!

It's not perfect but it's a start. I needed to get my feet wet when it comes to sewing and I think this was the perfect project since I'm the only one who will probably ever see it... and Jordan of course.

P.s. Last Black Friday Jordan saw Target had this little sewing machine on sale for $40 so he bought it for himself for Christmas... he's been begging me since we got married to buying a sewing machine. So it actually belongs to him. :)