did i pique your interest?

i'm sure you were dying to know what i did with THESE fabrics. well, even if you aren't all the interested (& you probably aren't) i'm posting pictures anyways. i was quite impressed with myself. i've pretty much self-taught myself to sew. well, not totally. i did take home ec in 7th grade & my mom helped me sew an "awesome" sundress that same year. but i pretty much hadn't touched a sewing machine in years. a couple of christmas' ago my mom must have been struggling for a present, because i ended up with a sewing machine, totally out of the blue. it probably sat in it's box for about a year before i finally decided to break it in. since then, i've been sewing non-stop. what takes people a jiffy, will probably take me hours because i don't know any of the "short cuts" & i keep trying things until i get it right. (think mitered corners... that one had me stumped for weeks!) anyway, as usual i'm rambling. but this project was my first attempt at actually using a pattern, which, by the way, did not make the process any easier. in fact, it was way harder. i obviously don't think in the same way that most people do, because trying to follow the pattern really had me scratching my head. i finally got the "princess poof" done & i'm pretty pleased. but now i think i can add sewing patterns to my ever growing list of things i'm scared of. they are right up their with turkeys & cook books. so without any further ado... kate's princess poof! happy birthday 'lil girl!