The new year is almost upon us…
People are making promises to change or better their lives….
Wishing for things, health or good fortune…
Well, let me tell you a wish of my own….
*I want to be better at handling a sewing machine *
so….
I will start (my third) sewing class in March 2011.
I failed twice in other classes years ago,
so to actually make something would be a little triumph!
{although I am creative, I’m challenged when it comes to sewing}
{or cooking…}
Now here are two things in that one sentence that I normally don’t do:
1) I suck at something (sewing), yet I do it again.
{my normal reaction: I don’t like it, I will not attend to it, ever again.
Been there, done that is more my motto}.
Been there, done that is more my motto}.
2) Planning months ahead for something.
{even to book a holiday is a go-with-the-flow action for me}.
So why am I doing this now? Why do I wish to handle a sewing machine?
And I know the machine and I are no friends…. yet…. BIG sigh…..
And I know the machine and I are no friends…. yet…. BIG sigh…..
So is this part of a ‘now you are 40′ thing?
Like a side-effect when you take medicine,
and the small letters on the bottom are saying
Like a side-effect when you take medicine,
and the small letters on the bottom are saying
“not to use when….”
Mmmh, maybe I finally will learn how to try and try (and try) again,
without walking away from it….
Anyway,
if you have any resolutions planned for 2011,
I wish you all the best with it!
{we’ll talk again in March how it went….}
Have a good Wednesday!
Maureen
xx
photo: via we heart it
You and I together Maureen, although I’m not as organised as you with classes booked. I’m hoping to bribe my mother to be my tutor….will let you know how that works out!
Felicity x
I wish you good luck with your sewing lessons Maureen and hope they’ll be successful. I usually start things like that, but somehow it always peters out. Not good!!
Oh, Maureen, when you work it out, can you show me?! I would love to learn to sew but don’t have the time, inclination or money to do so at the moment. I look forward to following how you go! J x
haha,nou mijn beste vriend is die naaimachine ook niet hoor, maar het komt vast goed! Ik
ben benieuwd wat je straks allemaal voor moois
maakt!
fijne dag, groetjes Erna
Hi Maureen, ook al ben ik niet eerder op het naaipad geweest, ook ik ga in 2011 beginnen met een cursus! Het apparaat staat al een half jaar op mij te wachten en 5 januari is de eerste les… kunnen we mooi samen optrekken.
liefs van Maaike
Wow!! I’d really like a sewing machine!
Love!
Laura@RicevereconStile
the beauty of life is that we can screw up, again and again, and there’s always a second chance:) your list of goals is beautiful! many prayers and blessings as you tackle all your dreams! you go girl!
lieve groetjes van mij……xxx…..
Dear Maureen ~ Not sure how I found you but I too am ‘sewingly challenged’ and am now in my second set of classes. I wish you great success in 2011 as you attempt to conquer the world of notions!
Sewing is on my 2011 wish list…you will be wonderful! x
ps. the header photo is amazing!
Hi Maureen…sono qui per una rilassante passeggiata nel tuo blog….meravigliose immagini!
Un caro saluto e buon lavoro, *Maristella*.
Hi Maureen
Good luck with the Sewing Machine – I will await a photo of your first effort!! Have a lovely week.
Jillx
Good luck with the sewing!!!(It certainly does NOT come naturally to me either).
Have a lovely weekend!
Hi Maureen… I’ve just picked up sewing and I’m addicted… unfortunately my talent does not stretch as far as I would like it to, but I’ll just keep on trying… a bit like learning to ride a bike. As for New Years Resolutions… not sure yet, but I feel that 2011 is going to be a big turning point for me… Lx
I hated sewing for a long time, and then realized I actually just hated my sewing machine because the thread kept breaking. Then I got a new machine for Christmas year and I couldn’t stop!! I fell so in love with sewing that I made children’s clothing for the last 4 years as a business (just closed it when we moved to the UK).
I hope you fall in love with sewing like I did – it gave me such confidence that I could make so many things. And like you, I haven’t taken to cooking in the kitchen (yawn). Happy weekend, XO Laura
Best of luck on your resolutions, exited to see how it turns out in March
Have a great weekend!
That’s pretty organised getting a class for next March – I’m impressed. Maybe I should think about the same thing…I bought myself a sewing machine this year and have only just managed to finish some bunting and a nightdress for my little girl. x
Good luck with your new years resolution!!
im very impressed, i want to learn, but havent actually done anything about it.
x
Hi Maureen,
Muck luck with your New Years resolution, you will be a seamstress before you know it.
Merry Christmas to you and yours, happy holidays and wishing you peace, good health and happiness for 2011.
Hugs
Carolyn
Hi Maureen, sewing is something I never learned either. By hand or otherwise. Why my mother didn’t teach me, I don’t know. did she try and I wasn’t interested? I’ll have to ask her. I learned to cross-stitch from a lady I worked for in high school who had a preschool set up in her garage. I learned to crochet from my cousin. A lady I worked with in the late 80’s tried to teach me to use a sewing machine. Let’s just say, I had a lead foot, and she finished the log cabin pillow for me because I couldn’t control the pedal on the machine. Ha! Now you know how I drive.
wishing you all the best as you endeavor to learn to sew and perservere no matter what. Have a great day. Tammy
Bonjour my lovely friend…..did you get my long email thanking you for your gorgeous box of loveliness and friendship….
It took all my power not to cry whilst Ritchie , the kiddos & I unwrapped it!
Needless to say I needed you living next door at the end of the opening…sigh bloggy friends….
My Ella also sent an email to Noa the moment we’d finished unwrapping…so we will probably have two such friendships between our houses now!
Love your jar of *wishes*….my sewing machine and I are seriously in love and you will be with yours too….perhaps this time is YOUR perfect time together!!
We also *go-with-the-flow* even when booking holidays…don’t lose this trait my lovely as life is already organised and regimented enough!!
Let me know if you gals both got your emails…
look out for your package….god know how long it will take with this weather…our mail either comes in bulk or not at all at the moment!!
hugs to your house from mine honey….
Melissa xoxox
Bonjour my lovely friend…..did you get my long email thanking you for your gorgeous box of loveliness and friendship….
It took all my power not to cry whilst Ritchie , the kiddos & I unwrapped it!
Needless to say I needed you living next door at the end of the opening…sigh bloggy friends….
My Ella also sent an email to Noa the moment we’d finished unwrapping…so we will probably have two such friendships between our houses now!
Love your jar of *wishes*….my sewing machine and I are seriously in love and you will be with yours too….perhaps this time is YOUR perfect time together!!
We also *go-with-the-flow* even when booking holidays…don’t lose this trait my lovely as life is already organised and regimented enough!!
Let me know if you gals both got your emails…
look out for your package….god know how long it will take with this weather…our mail either comes in bulk or not at all at the moment!!
hugs to your house from mine honey….
Melissa xoxox
Bonjour my lovely friend…..did you get my long email thanking you for your gorgeous box of loveliness and friendship….
It took all my power not to cry whilst Ritchie , the kiddos & I unwrapped it!
Needless to say I needed you living next door at the end of the opening…sigh bloggy friends….
My Ella also sent an email to Noa the moment we’d finished unwrapping…so we will probably have two such friendships between our houses now!
Love your jar of *wishes*….my sewing machine and I are seriously in love and you will be with yours too….perhaps this time is YOUR perfect time together!!
We also *go-with-the-flow* even when booking holidays…don’t lose this trait my lovely as life is already organised and regimented enough!!
Let me know if you gals both got your emails…
look out for your package….god know how long it will take with this weather…our mail either comes in bulk or not at all at the moment!!
hugs to your house from mine honey….
Melissa xoxox