So, today, I planned on making a little pillowcase for her new pillow out of an old dress she grew out of (which is shocking, I know…). All it needed was a single stitched line. I can totally handle that.
Guess who wanted to help? We drug out the sewing machine. We got out the pins and thread. We were all set. Dani was on my lap and she was all set to help me feed the fabric in a single straight line.
Until the sewing machine broke.
Now, I can almost sew a straight line with a sewing machine. And I can out in a bobbin thread if it is empty, provided that I have one full because I still do not know how to rethread a bobbin spool. But when my sewing machine starts to suck the fabric down into where the bobbin goes, I am pretty much clueless.
Mom Fail #1: I can't fix a sewing machine.
No worries. Thanks to my 7th grade Family Living (AKA Home Ec) class, I can sew a straight line pillowcase by HAND!
Except apparently, I can't. Dani informed me that I was doing it wrong.
Mom Fail #2: I can't sew by hand and I have neglected in my duties in teaching my four year old how to sew.
Thankfully, she had already learned. She explained to me how she learned to sew in the video below. Please watch. It is enlightening.
When I have something I am not sure about or want to learn how to do something, I use one of three three things: Google, Youtube, or SIRI.
Dani's method of learning new things: 1) she watches Mama Bear teach Little Bear and 2) she just knows.
Here is Dani's sewing. I gave her the needle and thread and let her go…while I stepped back about a foot to maintain my safety and still watch out for blood.
After she declared it finished, she snuck of to watch TV. Probably checking out Mickey Mouse Club so she can teach me how to fix the sewing machine.
While she was gone, I quickly fixed the pillowcase before she could catch me and presented it to her, proudly calling it the pillow case she made!
I think I made up for my sewing fails. :)
Every girl needs a super hero pillow.
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