Sewing!

I have been trying to be economical with my decorating...especially lately because the beautiful rug we bought used up most of the "pad" in our checking account! A few months ago, I bought some beautiful fabric (when Hancocks was having one of their big sales) to make curtains for the dining room. I've been hesitant to start them because I felt like I needed a little practice before I started cutting up this nice fabric so I borrowed my mother in laws sewing machine and made a table runner, hemmed some pants etc...just to get comfortable with sewing. When I told my sweet grandmother what I was doing, she decided I needed to have my own sewing machine! She found a man in Vicksburg (where she lives) that repairs old machines and bought a wonderful old Singer. It sews better than any machine I've ever seen and I absolutely love it! My grandmother believes that the old machines are the best ones and after sewing on it for a week, I completely agree! I was still a little nervous about sewing on the nice material so I found some pretty fabric at Walmart the other day for $1 a yard and bought enough to make 6 panels for our kitchen bay window. I've been working on them as I've had time this week and finally finished last night. I don't have a window to hang them on at the apartment, but I'll post them once I hang them at the house...it may be a little while :( Now on to the next project!