They look terrible. I have no patience! I can only rip a seam so many times.
I lost the instructions that came with them, and some of the material...so I was learning as I went, and making adjustments here and there
:Sigh:
I'm too embarrassed to take pictures of them.
I love the idea of making things. But, maybe I just shouldn't. One year I tried to a crochet an afghan as a gift for someone. I couldn't make it easy...noooooo...I had to come up with my own design. Even though I hadn't yet mastered so much as a granny square.
I didn't sleep at all for 24 hours before Christmas, trying to frantically finish this project.
It looked hideous. It was way longer than it was wide, none of the shapes matched up, it just looked so bad. I was pretty embarrassed, but I gave it anyway.
The recipient was more than gracious about it.
But really, it just looked so awful.
I can just see the conversation - My kids reminiscing many years from now, when I am long gone:
- "Remember how our mom would try to make stuff and how bad she was at it?"
- "Yeah, like our stockings that are falling apart? Mine barely resembles the shape of a foot. And what's up with the safety pin? Why didn't she just fix that part?"
- . . . "And how about our Christmas pajamas with the different leg lengths? They never made it to February."
I think my whole life I've been fighting a losing battle. But I can't help it. I love crafty things! I'm learning (slowly) that I should keep my crafts to myself!
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I used to think I was crafty but I've discovered that really it just comes down to the fact that I'm thrifty (or poor...I'm not sure if I'm truly thrifty or not...I'll let you know when we are rolling in it. Ha!) If I could just get comfortable spending $54.95 on a cute Pottery Barn stocking, I'd be perfectly pleased with it! I think you should post a picture...but either way I can't wait to see them! And by the way, there was nothing in that future conversation about a silly Hobbs. You do it right more often than you think! I love my apron, for example...very me! :)
I couldn't help laughing when I read this entry. You're so funny! The value in homemade items doesn't like in their perfection. It lies in the love that went into making them. And I know I love the book that you gave me. (Because you made it AND because it was awesome!) Keep making things!
Maybe you just haven't found your craft niche. You are perfectly welcome to come craft with me. I can show you how. I might be able to help you with those stockings of yours.
This sounds all too familiar to me! I tried to make Scott a simple fleece blanket one year, and worked all Christmas Eve on it. In the end, it had holes in it and he cracked up laughing when he opened it! He still teases me about it to this day.
it's true, you make me laugh. xox
can't it be enough that you are a GREAT singer? xox
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