Sew much fun!

I mentioned Lola in a previous post.  Well I took her to Ms. Jo's (Andy's grandmother) house, and she got her hooked all up and running for me. So I was on a sewing rampage for a few days.  I strolled down the fabric isle at Wal-Mart just to see if they possibly had anything cute and low and behold there were bazillions of cute kits on clearance so I got 2 purse kits, 3 apron kits, 4 stuffed animal kits, a superman cape kit, and a bib kit along with a few patterns and fabric.  I was so excited!! I got all of the above mentioned goodies for about $20 so you can't beat that, right?  I decided to be brave, and I picked one of the purses to make for my FIRST EVER sewing project.  I did great until my bobbin ran out of thread (of course Ms. Jo threaded it the first time so I wasn't even sure how to do it). 

I got out my user manual to see how Lola went about threading the bobbin. I followed each direction carefully, but when I finished threading it the bobbin was not very neat looking so I could foresee problems in my future.  Well I went ahead and installed the bobbin and went on about my sewing business when what would appear but a ragedy seam (and 8 tiny reindeer)! :)  I stopped immediately and ripped out the seam.  I read the manual and saw where it said my tension on the bobbin was too loose so I thought I had solved my first sewing problem.  Well to make a long story short that was not the problem at all.  I was just not installed the thread quite right.  I took old Lola back to Ms. Jo's, and she saw right away what I was doing wrong.  She fixed me all up, and I went right back to working on my purse.  A week later after solving my sewing problems.....VIOLA....here is my very cute reversible hobo tote!  Pretty good for a first timer don't ya think?