The Begining

About a month ago I was on a trip to Walmart & Target with a few friends, Kathy (BF since High School) and Morgan (BF/Future Sister-in-Law/ Roommate). The purpose of our mission was for Kathy to buy gifts for an upcoming baby shower. Morgan and I tagged along for moral support. I also had two upcoming baby showers and I figured I would get a head start on gift buying. I hate when you are buying gifts off of an already picked-over registry. You always get stuck buying lame, but practical stuff like q-tips and Desitin. This time I was in luck because I had just received the one invite earlier that day and the other hadn't even been officially announced.

Walmart was our first stop and while Kathy perused the baby aisle, Morgan and I walked the craft section because neither of my mommas-to-be were registered there. As we walked Morgan and I talked about all the crafty stuff we wished we did. Morgan and I both the kind of people who are dreamers and schemers , in fact many of our conversations start with "I think it would be cool if........". We both also can't stand to not be busy, so we tend to work well together.

So while we were in the craft section, I came upon some baskets and I mentioned I thought it would be cute if I bought some fabric and made a baby-themed basket liners to put the baby shower gifts in. Morgan enthusiastically agreed and we began looking for the right fabric. I knew I didn't want something too babyish and eventually found a cute pattern with frogs on it. I explained the plan to the lady working the fabric cutting table and she helped me figure out how much I needed. I ended up purchasing 3 yards of frog fabric, 2 baskets, 1 roll of ribbon and a roll of batting. The following day I asked my friend Nathan if he would be willing to sew the project together for me if I got it all pinned together, since I didn't own a sewing machine.

Flash-forward a few weeks later and I decided I should just go ahead and buy a sewing machine, because there are so many times having one would have come in handy. So I spent some time talking to Nathan about his machine and some features I should look for. I eventually settled on this:



The Brother LS-2125. I looked around and find one of Ebay for a decent price and within a few days my very first sewing machine arrived.

To be continued...................