...Or, PJs are the perfect starting project. Sure, everyone says "plain straight skirt!" is the plain starting project, but really what beginner can put in a zipper? I mean seriously. But flannel PJs! Flannel is the perfect starting fabric, and PJs are gratifying because they're quick and since you only wear them when nobody sees you, you won't have to worry about anyone seeing what could be an awful seaming job. Which I'm proud to say my 'student' didn't display any of. =) 
And yes, I absolutely HAD to get kitty-print flannel. It goes good with my rubber-ducky PJs and my piggy-print (!) PJs.
Clean shoelaces make the BEST drawstrings for PJs, trust me on this one.
This is my machine. With pink thread, of course. =) I go through a lot of thread...
Clippings from seam allowances.
Unlike me, the girl I was teaching chose flannel in a print that was not pink-with-kitties-print. Probably a good idea... plus, she chose something with a two-way pattern. Which is great everyone, but especially a beginner. Mine was one-way, and obviously I was piecing.
And yes, I absolutely HAD to get kitty-print flannel. It goes good with my rubber-ducky PJs and my piggy-print (!) PJs.
Clean shoelaces make the BEST drawstrings for PJs, trust me on this one.
This is my machine. With pink thread, of course. =) I go through a lot of thread...
Clippings from seam allowances.
Unlike me, the girl I was teaching chose flannel in a print that was not pink-with-kitties-print. Probably a good idea... plus, she chose something with a two-way pattern. Which is great everyone, but especially a beginner. Mine was one-way, and obviously I was piecing.
This is my student. In a manner of speaking. Okay, okay, it's Jenna Heap from the Septimus Heap series, but that's besides the point... 
She caught on right away. She had a bit of sewing intuition, it seemed, while I poked around in 'how-to-thread-the-machine-manuals.' I think I need sewer's intuition.
She's got a ridiculously adorable little singer. I was amused to find it's rather similar to my ancient vintage singer, you know, the One Which Broke Down Tragically. The more things change, the more they stay the same. 
My lil buttonholer. This thing is amazing. 
This was the ending result. Yes, very different from the pattern---we lengthened it and widened it---typical teenage silliness. It amuses me that the first time the girl learns to use a pattern she also learns how to do casey-style changes to the thing. She'll never look at patterns the proper way. But hey, that's what sewing with me is gonna do to a person! 
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