So, the Sewing Machine doesn't do it all

With the bathroom somewhat off limits this weekend (in between coats of stain and polyurethane on the newly sanded floor), I returned to my most recent sewing project: living room curtains. I started these back in the fall, but work on the bathroom has taken time from my side sewing projects.

The last I discussed the curtains, I had hemmed the sides of the striped panels with my new Pfaff sewing machine and sewed the top pocket so they were ready to hang. I had also cut the sheers down and zig-zagged their sides. Then it was time for hemming the sides of the sheers. This is where the sewing machine "failed" me. I wasn't able to use the hemming feature on the sheers because of the lightweight material. The machine could do it, but it puckered the material and it looked pretty sloppy. So, I decided to hand-sew the side hems on all four of the sheers (2 sets of 2 sheers). It doesn't sound like a big deal, but the sheers are at least 10 feet long, and there are 8 sides in all to hem. Each side is taking about an hour and a half to complete, plus I can't do it all day because I won't be able to move my neck for several days (this already happened a couple of weeks ago). I completed both sides of my third sheer today, and if all goes well the fourth should be finished by the end of the day tomorrow. Then I can go back to the sewing machine to sew the pocket for the top, then the panels and sheers will be ready to hang, hem, and re-hang permanently. Yea!!!

I think my biggest frustration actually came tonight while I was sewing when my DVD player ate the DVD I was watching (Ally McBeal Season 1) and I was forced to watch HGTV. Not that I don't learn a lot while watching some HGTV programs, but tonight was "Design Time Saturday Night" when entire rooms are started and finished in a half hour. There I was sewing my two boring sets of curtains for the gazillion-th hour in a row while David Bromstad did a gorgeous kitchen, living room and dining room in 2 days.