Archive for the ‘Sewing’ Category

I am absolutely buggered and we haven’t even started moving the furniture.. LOL Looking for a place really takes the energy out of you. I am glad to have found somewhere. If we hadn’t found a place by Monday we would have to have started to apply for places that were not-so-nice as time was running out.

It’s a nice double story place with living quarters upstairs and plenty of storage, two car garages and even a little room underneath. Will be great to have parties and barbecues in. I am even considering having our wedding reception at home as there’s plenty of room out the back and downstairs.

I was really looking forward to going back to work in a couple of week until we realised that I can’t. If I did do work before the end of the financial year (31 July) then my ENTIRE 12 months of youth allowance becomes taxable income and I’d end up having to repay the tax department thousands of dollars. We decided I need to wait until after the first of July. Why the hell your youth allowance turns into taxable income once you start earning from work I don’t know. It’s a very fucked up system we have.

In saying that I have some spare time on my hands, so between my centrelink responsibilities I plan on getting a good garden started with chillies, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber etc. I also want to get my sewing room set up so I can start making things. The sooner I can get that done the sooner I can start selling my creations, doing clothing alterations etc.

Aanyway, I should keep moving along, things to pack, forms to fill out (stupid entry condition report), stuff to do etc.

For Christmas my m um bought me a basic sewing machine.  I haven’t used a machine in over ten years and the training I did receive back then in school was minimal so I do not remember much.

I haven’t done much on it yet.  I felt rather proud of myself last night getting it all threaded up on my own (with the aid of youtube).  The instruction book you get is alright but it seems to skip steps.

I then took one of my fiancé’s hankie and sewed it together, doing a test run.  Needless to say it was a success but he can’t use the hankie for it’s original purpose any more.

My goal is to be able to repair clothing and make cute little crafty things.  I will try to keep this blog updated with photos of things I do with the sewing machine.