Sew what? Sew Buttons!!

Hey there! Welcome to Sew Buttons, your one-stop shop for watching me fail at a new hobby. At least for a little while. I hope to get good at it. A few weeks ago I was drooling over some AWESOME hand made clothes on Etsy.com, clothes I wanted SO bad I would kill for them, and really that's the only way I'd ever be able to afford them since they are all so expensive. "I deserve awesome clothes like that!" I said to myself, cat in lap; "But how, HOW will I ever be able to to attain such greatness!?"

Then it hit me. Someone made those things. Like, with their hands and skills and stuff. I have hands, I can attain skills. Why can't I make something like that?! The answer: NO reason! Well, except for maybe that I naturally suck at sewing and am too poor to afford the materials to do so even if I could sew well, but those things are besides the point and irrelevant to this situation. I was going to try, damnit!

So I saved the meager pennies I earned from my art business until I had enough to buy a low-end, refurbished sewing machine! YAY! I could have saved more and bought a new, mid ranged one, but I have the patience of the last guy in line at the DMV, and the attention span of a caffeinated 2 year old with ADHD and there's a 50% chance I will HATE this and quit after a few months. Just being honest.

So yes, my Brother XL 2600i is on it's way to my apartment *AS WE SPEAK* via FedEx Ground and I cannot friggin' WAIT! I believe I will do an unpacking video tomorrow and maybe film myself trying to set it up. The hilarious irony is that I have been wanting this for weeks and am dying to get started, yet I have not a square inch of fabric to sew. I'm ordering some fleece tonight though and my first project is going to be a new Snuggie rip-off for myself after my last one mysteriously vanished after my trip to that haunted ancient Indian burial ground they built that strip club on, or whatever. Laugh if you must, but those things are WARM.

Anyway, that's all from me. Maybe forever. I am SO bad at writing in these things. TTYL!