So, my experience with sewing is growing!! I have been doing a sewing course and made a dress, WOW, I never thought I'd be able to do that.........After being asked to mend a colleagues jeans and another persons tablecloth, I was asked to help with a project for the Kids & Things team at Lifehope.
Four wooden frames were made by the Kids & Things team and they each needed a fabric cover to go over it. I had never used, silk, which was the fabric being used and did by best cutting it.......I used jars to weigh the fabric down, and while doing this at the Lifehope base, where I had more room, I got funny comments about what the chocolate spread was being used for!
Patterned made, fabric cut, cotton threaded, cover pinned, machine ready, so off I went. After struggling with all the fabric and it slipping and sliding, I finished the first cover. Holding it up I could see it was twisted and wasn't look good, opps!!
So what to do??!! hummmmm??!! a friend had said when pinning and sewing its a good job to tack everything together; so thats what I did.........WOW...... what a difference that made. The fabric didn't slip and slide as much and after making the next 3 covers, holding them up they weren't twisted.....phew
Over all it was a big challenge, but I am so glad that my new skills could be used to help another's ministry. I was thinking about how that tacking made such a big difference and it made me think about how sometimes in life the small things we do, can make a big difference, for ourself but more importantly for others, like .....a kind word, a small gift, making a cake, giving flowers, saying hi to a neighbour, having coffee together.
I feel energized after completing these covers and Im ready for something else to do now....but Im just as energized to do something little for my friends and those I meet, to bless and encourage them! Hope about you, you up for a challenge??!!
