I Can Make That: The Sewing Edition

I've made about eight or nine masks now. I'm still having all kinds of issues and mistakes are being made regularly, but I'm learning. I've learned enough now that I've reached the I can make that point.

This is not a wise place for me to wander in.

I've blogged before about how expensive I can make that ends up being. And it's already happening now with sewing. I've bought pins, a couple of pin cushions, sewing scissors, elastic, fabric, more empty bobbins, a case to hold my thread, and I ordered additional thread to go along with all the other spools I purchased.

The masks were a necessity, and with nothing available at the time the project got underway, I am not counting that against me. But now I've bought flannel to make pajama pants for this winter. (Surely, I'll be a good enough sewer by then to handle it?) Then I remembered the super cool Japanese knot project bag I have for my knitting and how much money I paid for it and I said, I bet I could make my own!

I now have three or four free PDF patterns downloaded to my "Sewing Patterns" file on my hard drive. :-/

Then I remembered Bluprint. I'm still a member there and surely they have a Japanese knot bag pattern or tutorial or something. They didn't, but they had videos for other bags including a patchwork tote bag. And as I watched, I thought: I can make that!

Now I need interfacing and all the super cool sewing/quilting rulers that the instructor used in her videos. Do you see my problem?

Oh, and I could use some good pinking shears, and a sewing basket, and....

Why didn't I keep my mom's sewing things????