Itch to Stitch

photo by Janet 

I've got a serious itch to stitch.  It has just come over me within this past month.  I think I have been truly inspired by my creative Tuesday night friends.  

I do not have an agenda, but a true desire to pursue sewing as a hobby, a way to express myself.  I would love to loose myself within it.  Maybe more appropriately, I'd enjoy finding myself within this creative realm.  I also would love to pass on, to Maddie, what I have learned and made.   Sewing is something that my mom has always been able to do.  I have always admired that about her and desired to share that passion along side her.  

This week Scott put a little request in for me on freecycle.  He wrote that we would like a sewing machine that works.  We immediately heard back from a lady within our area.  I went to pick up this old Viking sewing machine this morning.  It is very old and sort of smelly.  It is quite vintage looking though, sort of cute.  I am afraid to touch it right now.  Maybe I will be driven to explore it this evening.  For now, I know that I have at least tried to get my hands on a used machine.  Reusing is best, but does the used machine that I utilize have to have dog hair and scratches all over it with a smokey smell?  

Last night I took the kids to the library to get our weekly load of books.  I checked out three books on sewing for me and two for Maddie.  I don't know who is more excited.  I am reading and learning about what kinds of machines are out there and some background knowledge I need to have.  This gets me very excited about having my own machine.