Getting Started

My first project was to hem Matt's suit pants. A while ago Matt said he wanted a new suit...maybe a navy suit. I found one on sale at Neiman Marcus in the fall and bought it. It was exciting to find one on the sale rack with his coat and waist sizes. The only catch was the pants needed to be hemmed to the proper length.

Since he wasn't in a hurry to wear the suit for any particular occasion, it has hung in his closet ever since. The timing of buying the sewing machine was perfect. I read some instructions for blind hem stitching and had my first run with the new machine. All in all it went well. 

The only hitch: we found that the pants needed a little more work than a simple hemming to fit the bill. He wore his gray suit on Easter Sunday instead and I'm still working on project 1 with my new machine. 

Afraid I wouldn't have the patience to be consistent with my new sewing hobby, I hesitated to put this machine on the Christmas gift list. After running into a couple of challenging and unanticipated situations with the first sewing project, I see that perseverance will pay off. I look forward to seeing the results of this first effort.