I’m a selfish seamstress. What I mean is that I usually only make
projects that I want to make for my own reasons... a dress for me, a stuffy for
my kids, a gift from me to the nephews, etc. Usually when someone asks “Can you
make _____ for me? I’ll pay you.”, I
groan a little and say “no” (politely, of course). It’s not that I’m a big old jerk, it’s just
that for me, sewing is my fun and a release and once you MAKE me do it, I just
want to throw feces. My sewing time is
also pretty limited, so I try to spend all that time making the projects I WANT
to make. Every once in a while, though,
there’s a project I can’t refuse. These project
requests are usually made by family members which are like required “yeses”,
but sometimes, it’s just fun and I want to do it. BOTH of those things happened this go around-
the time I made that cape for my sister’s nephew (my daughter is modeling and everything is worthy of a girly pose).
