Don't You Wish Your Girlfriend Could Sew Like Me?
It had to be said. Don't you wish your girlfriend could sew like me? DON'T YOU?
I have been on vacation -- my sweetie and I went to Banff for a few days of Canadian Rocky fun. There was one sewing store in town (that we saw), but sadly, a) it was closed, 2) it looked like it was mostly for alterations and custom drapes (although, who in that town needed custom drapes is a good question, as there's not much of an affluent residential area nearby -- I guess maybe the people in the time-share condos?), and iii) it wasn't a FABRIC store. She had a few fat quarters, but then there were, like, kids' toys and things. Meh. Didn't miss much.
When I got back, I got a call from Vanessa at Etsy, who wanted to do a little interview with me for their new blog. I sounded like an idiot, blathering away, running at the mouth, but then, any of you who've listened to our podcast will be familiar with that state of affairs. She was interviewing me because I was one of three winners of the Etsy/Instructables Sew Useful contest!
I heard about the contest on the Material Mama podcast, and thought, HEY! I can make something useful! But the deadline was just around the corner, and I didn't have time. Until they extended the deadline! (Shout out to Nutmeg over at Material Mama -- thanks so much for mentioning the contest! I wouldn't have known about it without you!)
I created a tutorial to make a waterproof, airtight hearing aid dryer. To my amazement, people LIKED the idea, LIKED the tutorial, and someone even BOUGHT it from my Etsy shop! I was less amazed that it actually worked -- my son took his bag to camp every day this summer, and it was a safe, dry place for him to keep his hearing aids while they were swimming at the beach. It worked out great! (His was a Batman fabric, of course, and not the boring blue wave fabric.)
I love Etsy, and I love Instructables, and I love making stuff, so I was totally humbled to take home any mention at all, much less a fancy new sewing machine. Now that our vacation is over, school is back in session, and I've got more thread than I know what to do with, I should probably sit back down at a machine -- it's been more than a week since I've sewn ANYTHING! Gah!
