I have taken the first steps.
Here we see the BEAST in its natural habitat:

(Up until December, its natural habitat was an old wine box. It has insisted on staying out.) Lucky funny-bear standing by in case of meltdown.

And there was no meltdown! I sewed straight! On the lines! I played with the different stitches it does too, as you can see. It can apparently also sew on buttons, but that is just scary. I’ll do that myself, thanks.

I went to FabricLand yesterday and bought that fabric from the remainder section. Stripes on purpose, so I can practice. There are only so many straight lines you can sew though, so this week I’m going to start on a simple A-line skirt from Sew U. I bought this book (along with In Stitches) an embrassingly long time ago, with the intention to do just this. But I’ve finally built up the courage, and dare I say it, enjoyed sewing my lines.

I was proud of myself for leaving FabricLand with nothing but a membership and cheap-o practice fabric. I wandered for a while, and have all sorts of ideas, but didn’t buy anything else.

I did find buttons for Rambling Rose, pictures… soonish. My photographer is working 14-hour days all this week, so I won’t see him much and definitely not in daylight.

Saturday Seven:
On my way to FabricLand I dropped of a box of all the stuff I’ve collected recently to give away. One full office paper box, and about half a garbage bag. Mainly clothes, some books.