A Learning Process

Once upon a time there was a woman who decided she was bored with all of her normal crafts.  She loved them but it was time to move on to something new.  But what?  There are so many choices.  As she sat and pondered, she thought of the Metal Singer sewing machine sitting in her closet.  HMMMM maybe she should pull it out and make a quilt.  She had never done this before, how hard could it be?  She searched the internet, found a project and set off to work.  Making the quilt top was easy.  Quilting the layers together, fairly simple.  The Binding....that is a completely different story.  She read and researched and still couldn't quite understand how to put that binding on.  With fear in her heart she dove in and did it anyway.  She was so proud of herself.  It looked so good, in her untrained eyes....

As time went on and she learned a little more...she realized maybe this wasn't the best looking job.  So she tried again...

Wow, this attempt was even worse.  How did the back look?

Well with a final product looking like that, she decided to give up.  How could she let anyone see something like that.  She was very sad.  She packed up her sewing machine and put it back in the closet.  A year later, she decided to try again.  She talked her husband into buying a BRAND new shiny sewing machine, surely this would make her sew better.   Well, she tinked around for a few months longer still not happy with the results of her efforts.  Suddenly when she thought she was done sewing again, her Sewing Fairy Godmother (Karen) came swooping in.  Ohhhhh...she was beautiful, smart, and such an excellent teacher.  The woman was so excited to try quilting and binding again...

OOOOO  AAAHHHHH!  The woman was so excited!  She called her parents, her husband, her kids, her kids' teachers, the papers, the TV stations, just to tell them what she had done.  She had also learned the beauty and art of finishing the binding on the back of her quilt by hand...

The moral of the story:  Please don't give up if you don't get things right the first time.  Keep trying!  It is OK to ask for help when you don't understand how to do something.  Remember, never quit learning!

Let's Go Sew
Kristin