I am so proud of myself. I have been wanting a sewing machine for so long, and my wonderful husband surprised me with one for my birthday. Let me first say, I have not sewn since 7th grade (I made a pillow). After reading the manual for a refresher and finding a wonderful blog that has great ideas (especially for beginners), I felt I was ready as I was going to get. Yesterday, I decided to make Brynlee a pillowcase dress. I had a set of yellow sheets we do not use that I thought would be perfect. While Brynlee was at preschool, William and I went to hobby lobby and picked out some thread, ribbon, and some other sewing necessities. While William was sleeping, I got the bobbin ready and threaded the machine, put on the embroidery attachment and embroidered the letter B (I still need to figure out how to make the letters bigger).
Now, it was time to go pick up Brynlee. When we got back, Josh was at home (Yea, he could entertain the kids while I finished). After about 3.5 hours later (I still had to participate in caring for our children), I had finished the project. I was so happy. I made my first project and it went well, and I must say, Brynlee looks mighty cute in it also. 
I have already got ideas for my next project. I can't wait!!!!
Keeping a safe distance from the big fella. She still has a few years to warm up to the pig idea. She did decide to give his neighbor a little scratch on the head. He was not as intimidating.
