His teachers asked for a towel for their 30 minute rest time at school. Well all you that know me well will know that a towel was never gonna do. :o) That just doesn't sound cozy to me...to lie on a towel on a hard floor for a half hour. Nope...Travis needs a custom nap mat to lay on. Well...to begin with, it wasn't oging to be custom. It was going to be store bought from JCPenney but they didn't have any. So off to the fabric store we went. he picked out some really cool solar system fabric and I picked some red fabric to do the handle and ties with.
So I get home and I cut out all the pieces right away. I sew the handle. I iron the ties. The ties require top-stitching....hmmm that makes me nervous so I procrastinate it. Fast forward to Wednesday night about 8:30....Travis goes to school for a full day the next day and so would need his rest mat. Must get to sewing. Quickly sew up the ties....yep....I do my best work under pressure. Now just need to sew the ties and handle on to the mat and sew it closed. Done. I work on it during commercial breaks of Last Comic Standing. Now I just need to sew the quilting and I'm done...woohoo. Take a few minute break after Last Comic Standing. When I return to the mat, i'm much more scattered brain than before cause I'm not as focused.
Sewing along when OOOOPS!!!! I sewed my FINGER to the mat. And umm a piece of advice...I don't recommend doing that. One...you have to remove said finger some how from the mat. Then rush to the sink without bleeding on mat, clothes, carpet, etc. Then, stupid finger won't stop bleeding! finally, with two bandaids on it, I return to mat. Shortly later, it's done. It's SOOOO him. And he was SOOOOO excited when he saw it this morning. He told me I was the BEST mommy EVER and he LOOOOOVED me SOOOO much (with a big hug). So I guess it was worth sewing my finger afterall.
So I get home and I cut out all the pieces right away. I sew the handle. I iron the ties. The ties require top-stitching....hmmm that makes me nervous so I procrastinate it. Fast forward to Wednesday night about 8:30....Travis goes to school for a full day the next day and so would need his rest mat. Must get to sewing. Quickly sew up the ties....yep....I do my best work under pressure. Now just need to sew the ties and handle on to the mat and sew it closed. Done. I work on it during commercial breaks of Last Comic Standing. Now I just need to sew the quilting and I'm done...woohoo. Take a few minute break after Last Comic Standing. When I return to the mat, i'm much more scattered brain than before cause I'm not as focused.
Sewing along when OOOOPS!!!! I sewed my FINGER to the mat. And umm a piece of advice...I don't recommend doing that. One...you have to remove said finger some how from the mat. Then rush to the sink without bleeding on mat, clothes, carpet, etc. Then, stupid finger won't stop bleeding! finally, with two bandaids on it, I return to mat. Shortly later, it's done. It's SOOOO him. And he was SOOOOO excited when he saw it this morning. He told me I was the BEST mommy EVER and he LOOOOOVED me SOOOO much (with a big hug). So I guess it was worth sewing my finger afterall.
his teachers oooohed and ahhhhed over it when we got to school this morning (while I hid my triple band-aided finger). Speaking of which, he did great going in. All business. put his backpack and lunchbox in cubby, folder in folder basket and off to his desk.
PS: if you ever want to torture someone, sew their finger with a sewing machine.
PPS: typing with a triple band-aided, hurts like the dickens finger that has been sewed to a nap mat then removed....HURTS! lol
My mom is gonna be so proud of my sewing abilities :o)
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