Sew Ugly.

I've been wanting to start sewing again ever since I graduated and had some free time.

When our stuff from Hawaii came last week, I was thrilled to break out my sewing machine (a Christmas present from Ma Harrison).

And, it went great. 

Despite the fact that...

-it took me 4 days, the manual, YouTube, and Adam to figure out how to thread it 

If I can just forget the fact that...

-I sewed a beautiful quilt 5 years ago and somehow have lost any ounce of "skill" I might have thought I had

(isn't this supposed to be like riding a bike? Com'on!)

How about I just ignore the fact that...

-Adam is a better sewer than I am

-The "super easy" pattern I picked out as my first re-introduction to sewing was meant to be hand-sewn

(I figured that out after I had already cut my 12 pentagons)

-It's puckered, it's clumpy, frumpy, and dumpy.

oh yeah. And ugly.

(this is its good side)

And then, I added this to really make things exciting:

I know, it doesn't look great at all. It looks like a disaster.

And, it was, until this....

Ugly or not, he loves it.

(And no I didn't just give up and say, "oh well, the dog can have it!"

It was meant to be a dog toy all along.)

Success!