A project, a project!

I am the Primary music leader in my ward, which means that every week I teach songs to a bunch of rowdy kids. I get a lot of teaching ideas from a multitude of blogs kept up by very talented people, some of whom pour lots of love into whipping up fancy visual aids for their Primary kids. I usually use the ideas and ditch the fancy aids. Except recently I was charmed by the thought of making an apron with several pockets to hold a variety of little objects for a game. So for once, I actually sat down and made a fancy visual aid. (fancy for me.)

I have to consult the owner's manual every time I use my machine. Yes, sometimes I even have to look up how to thread the upper thread and that's embarrassing. Remember the Disco Dot quilt I made Theo...that was a somewhat bleak attempt but ultimately, he has something that his mom made for him. I have been working on a quilt for Ida for the past 16 months, with much help from my mom, and it's still not finished, but I'm aiming for her 2nd birthday.

I went out on a limb and gusseted the apron pockets, something I have not done before. It didn't occur to me to gusset the bottoms of the pockets too until after I had cut and pinned everything. I can't actually conceptualize how I would have done that anyway, so I settled for side gussets. Also, the scraps I used weren't very big so the gussets aren't big either, but big enough to be helpful.

This seriously took me about 4 hours to make from start to finish, which is probably about 3 hours too long. But I sewed something! And, the game was really fun too.

On to my next point. Last year I participated in that homemade-gifts blog exchange thing, and I still owe homemade gifts to my mom, Heather, Keli, and Katie. Just wanted you to know, I haven't forgotten...I just haven't made them yet. Don't expect gusseted pockets or anything but I will get to you. And I will also get to blog reader Betsy to whom I promised a prize for finishing a poem about riding the Metro. You are all on my list!