me being a teacher = bad idea

yesterday my friend Lacey came over for a little sewing lesson and i played teacher. she decided she wanted me to teach her how to make a soft case for her sunglasses...boy! she had no idea what she was getting herself into!... i'm already pretty bad at directions, and reading instructions, giving instructions proved to be my downfall too!

we went over to Joann's and picked out some fabric and materials and headed over to a local pizza joint, Rocky's Pizza, for some lunch. it was pretty yummy although it was our second choice. we wanted to go to this place called the Rhubarb House, but we got there 15 minutes before they were closing. Lacey and i know each other through work and being in the food industry, decided not to go in and rain on their parade. we both cringe when people come into the restaurant some odd minutes before we close and stay well passed closing time. some of you might ask "why the bad 'tude about late customers? you work in a restaurant. that's what you're there for. you get paid for that" that's true and all, but one thing you have to remember is servers, cooks, and hostesses have lives too! we all look forward to getting off work at a decent hour, and when someone comes in ruins that, it's messes up your whole night...so Rocky's it was.

with two full stomach, one eager student, and one very nervous teacher, we got started on our project a little after we got back to my place. here's what happened...

everything went smoothly (other than a couple of glitches on my part...like forgetting how to make the dang thing. it's been a while) until my sewing machine started acting like a big ol' BRAT! luckily we were almost at the finish line when that happened, so we decided to hand stitch the rest of the case.

and here's the finished product! isen't it cute?!? i love the colors that she chose for the case, brown, turquoise, and pink (the stitches)...her favorite colors.

next week we're getting together again to try something new. we're going to make a camera strap from a tutorial that i found online a couple of days ago. i'm pretty excited that we'll be learning together instead of me teaching. and this time, maybe we'll have two sewing machines instead of one moody one.

oh, and did i tell you Lacey is a photographer and a fellow blogger! check out her adventures with her lady kitty Hibou, here...and while you're at it, look at some of her work here! we have a bunch of ideas lined up as far as crafting and photography are concerned, so i'll have much more to blog about once they come up. it's going to be fun!