I did make one thing
I forgot about this, but I randomly decided to make some cards. Made one for Jeff for our anniversary, and I also made this:
Yes, I sewed the card’s border with my machine and hand-sewed the machine. The card is for my grandmother (who may in fact have had a machine like that) who turned 83 this month. I’d also like to mention, because I kept forgetting, that my grandfather turned an amazing 90 years this past May. He had a big birthday party in late June which is reported to have been a lot of fun.
My grandmother is a fearsomely talented sewer, and as you know bought the machine I used to make the card, and in general is both inspiring and intimidating, sharp-needle-wise. When I visited my grandparents last October, she was impressed with my crocheting, and I was amazed that she was impressed. I thought to myself, “Self, imagine what kind of crazy stuff you’ll be able to crank out when you’ve been doing this for another 50 years.” I aspire to actually becoming good at this stuff, until there aren’t so many aspects of sewing, crochet, etc. that avoid because I don’t know what I’m doing.
Closeup, because I can’t draw worth anything, and I drew that. With a small pointy thing. Through card stock. So what if the foot pedal is oddly shaped?
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feel free to leave a few words of your own...Melissa — Fri Jul 31, 2009 at 5:23 pm (link)I love the card! I really love how you always give gifts and cards with a deeply personal touch. It’s so much more meaningful. Here, you turned a birthday card into something special, and so few of us take the time to do that. Awesome.
