A day for sewing

So today I started sewing. I haven't sewn anything since High School and I believe that I wrote about that in my last post. So in saying that I started out the day with Rowdy's PJ pants that I had decided to make. So after some pointers from Mom last night I was prepared to get started. Or so I thought. So I got started off with finding the pants that I was going to use as the pattern and I got those all laid out. I then got the material ready to be laid out and I then cut them out. Two just like Mom said. So then I have these two weird looking things that have no legs. Well anyways I text Mom asking where the legs were going to come from cause well I was out of material. So here is a picture of the beginning stage.

Here is the picture of the leftovers that I was debating on how to make legs from this little bit. 

So after my panic text to Mom she sped right over. Ok Ok, she was on her way to the Church anyways so she just swung by here to help the "Lost cause" her words I am pretty sure. So she came over and explained to me how this works and told me what to sew first which by the way was WRONG! So I went about sewing the hip areas and in reality you should sew the legs or crotch area first and the hip area last. Oh well I did the hips, then legs, then I sewed the crotch area up but not before breaking the needle cause Mom assured me that it wouldn't hurt a thing to just leave the pins in the fabric and go right over. WRONG again. Anyways the needle broke and so I proceeded to take the machine apart looking for the needle tip and replacing the needle which was very easy I must say but you must get the screw really tight other wise while sewing the needle will just slip right down. Yep, I did it. Anyways I get all the little gadgets back together to the best of my knowledge for the 3rd time and start to sew and the machine started making a really strange noise and not moving to much. So I grabbed the fabric off and it wouldn't come loose. It was a huge mess under there so I got everything cut loose and opened the area where the bobbin goes and here is the sight. 

So I proceeded to untangle the mess and figure out how to load the bobbin back into this area. So after all this I was well on my way to sewing some great looking pants. Did I mention that I didn't pay attention to the pattern on the material to make sure that as I was cutting I had the pattern going the same way? Well I didn't. I didn't pay any attention to that at all and so we have one leg that the pattern is right and the other leg the pattern in wrong. I am fine with that. I mean really the pants only need to make it for pictures on Christmas morning. HA!! So I proceeded on with my sewing and folded the pants right side out and VOILA there was a hole in the crotch. If it wasn't as low as it is then I would try to say it was a pee hole but well it is lower than that. So for now I have left the pants alone because I am not sure how I should try to fix that area. Then I will work on the elastic weight band, and then the hems on the pant legs. So after I got done with what damage I could do on the pants then I made a Wal-Mart sack bag holder. It was easy enough and it doesn't have a pee hole so I guess it turned out good. 

So in saying all this. I have had a very entertaining day and really have enjoyed laughing at myself all day.