We finished most of the work on Supermousey’s skirt on my birthday. Her mom had to help her with some of the final detailing, but she was a good sport about it. Thanks, Supermousey’s mom!
One unfortunate side-effect of said skirt making is that they’ve apparently gone ahead and taught Supermousey to iron. While this is a useful skill to have when sewing, it is a terrible skill to have when doing laundry, I think everyone would agree.
Anyway, Mack took a picture of the final skirt and sent it to me. I share it with you now so that you may ooo and ahhh over Supermousey’s great work.
I hope Mack will send word about whether she’s wearing it to school.
Tiny Cat Pants 
Nice job, Supermousey! I love the fabric.
In retrospect, we should have probably started out with pillows, but I think she did a great job on the skirt. I’m really proud of it. It looks a little stiff, there, but I think it will soften up in the wash very nicely.
My kid and I started out with pillows and there are up-sides and down sides. They get the hang of doing straight seams and leaving seam allowances and all, but then go on a making pillow jag so that the living room floor winds up about two feet deep in throw pillows. (At which point one must create a new kid trend called the “friendship pillow” and pack them all off to her friends’ houses…and then brace for the inevitable backwash of reciprocal throw pillows…)
All things considered, it’s probably just as well that you started with the skirt.
That is SO cute!!! Great job, you guys. It turned out great! :)
Beautiful! The fabric looks very monet-esque. I’m sure it looks lovely on Supermousy, with her long dark hair.
And yeah, I think starting with the skirt was a good idea, because she jumped right into pattern-use. Pillows are okay for learning to work the machine but it’s good to not perpetuate Fear Of Patterns.
It looks very nice, I really like the colors of it!
Yes, she wore it to school, where she collected the following awards:
1. Daughters of the American Revolution Statewide Essay winner.
2. Advanced Reading points, second place
3. County Art Show, First Place
4. County Art Show, Third Place (collaborative)
5. Honor Roll
6. TCAP Reading Assessment Award
7. Bobcat Beat (extracurricular)
Not that I like to brag, or anything.
1. Daughters of the American Revolution Statewide Essay winner.
Am I the only one who sees the irony in this, given your larger situation and personal political issues? ;-p
Supermousy rocks.
No, believe me, I am well aware. They gave her an Awards Dinner last month, and i went, but I felt like an insurgent.
I can’t sew crap. I think this is just wonderful. And congrats Mack for your daughter’s awesome accomplishments.
I was the American Legion statewide essay winner when I was in high school, which came with a small scholarship because I was a model young American citizen. These things happen.
Awwwww! Cute!
I wish you could come teach me how to sew. The machine is just sitting in my parents’ garage. My mom doesn’t know where the manual is and I can’t keep the thread from tangling (or just, y’know, not moving).
I won an award from the Daughters of the American Revolution too. Heh. Because I was (deliberately) the only candidate submitted from my school. =p Congrats to Supermousey, though!
Mags, depending on the model, you can download the manual on-line. Singer has many of its old manuals available for a very small fee. Or take it in to your local fabric store for a refurb (if it’s been in the garage, it needs cleaned and oiled, probably) and take a few lessons. You can move from a state of sewing ignorance to making wearable stuff in a couple of hours. Choose projects you can complete in a short period of time– otherwise, with the attention span of a goldfish, you will wind up with many half-finished things and no welcome buzz of success.
*snickers* That’s exactly what my knitting/crocheting career looks like. I’ve got a trunk full of yarn and a box full of half-finished projects. I can complete a tight scarf in a couple hours if I know the pattern without looking at it… and a couple days if I have to read for it, but if I put down the yarn and can’t find it in the interim, I’m likely to just start something else and forget about it.
The machine is still in working condition… it’s only been in the garage for about a month or so. I should look at it and figure out its model and whanot. I never thought about taking it in to a store for lessons… there are some stores that advertise lessons around here, but they always made it sound more like camp (“come in for two weeks and learn to sew!”), which seemed like a lot of work/investment.
I love the skirt! I’d totally wear it.
And is it wrong to say I also find the floors super attractive? Yum!
I do give good floor.
Look at you, Mack, making all the women swoon!
All this talk about me and my skirt! Cool! Guess what? My teacher was like, totally amazed. It was awesome! My daddy brags about me! Yay!