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I DID IT!

I did it! 😃 I made the pillow assignment. Actually, I made 3. The first one I got all done with and then realized the kittens were wrong side out. So I bought more fabric and made two 18" x 18" pillows. The back sides are cat paws. My sewing experience is odd, maybe. My mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and probably beyond that were all excellent seamstresses. I grew up at their knees learning to sew. But instead of becoming an excellent seamstress, I became an intimidated woman, afraid of sewing. Besides that, I always got their hand-me-down sewing machines which always needed to go to the repair shop and get a tune-up, so all my attempts to sew on my own were fights with the sewing machines. Now I own a new Singer Heavy Duty 4452. (I have other hand-me-downs, though.) I am Gen X and old enough that in school, I had to take Home Economics. So I also had sewing training in school. Even learned to iron! Ha Ha! I enjoyed taking this beginning sewing class because it made me sew. I could follow along each step of the way and build my confidence. Which I did! I am really excited to dive into the next Intermediate class. And Rebecca, you just showed a zipper pouch (I actually saw it on YouTube). Can you do a tutorial here on making that. I'd like to have the handholding with them.

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I DID IT!