And Another Challenge . . .

With God's help, I will embrace every new thing He brings into my life.

Love Out Loud -- Joyce Meyer

Here's my new challenge with getting my top done -- my sewing machine is still messing up.  I just got it back from the repair shop about 2 weeks ago.  After sewing for a short time the top thread gets caught in the "finger" that's in the bobbin area.  So I did my own repair --  

 -- I put a piece of tape over the "finger" and so far that's working for me.  I just want to be able to put the two button holes that are in the front then I'll use my other machine.  It doesn't do button holes as nicely as this machine. Wish me luck!

Well, the tape over the finger is working.  However, because the machine messed up stitching the first button hole, when I restitched the buttonhole the front didn't look good.  Luckily, I had extra fabric and re-cut that piece.  I'm going to do the front different and leave off the buttonholes.  They're just for decoration.  The ribbon loops through and ties in the front.  I think I'm just going to tie a bow and tack it to the front.  A lot simpler.  I am disappointed that I had to use the rest of the fabric.  I was going to use that to make a cute top for my granddaughter.  But being a long time sewer I'll just head to my stash and find another cute piece of fabric. :)   

So the make shift fix has continued to work and I've gotten my pink top almost done.  All I have left is to create a casing for the elastic around the bodice and attach the ribbon to the front.  Whew!! I didn't think I'd even get this far.  It does look quite shapeless at the moment. I do hope the elastic will give it some definition.  I don't want to look like I'm wearing a pink potato sack.