I.HATE.BUTTON.HOLES!!!! DEATH to them ALLLLL. I have a nice semi-fancy machine that has three different button hole making stitches, and all three are a pain in my butt! Butt I tell you! 

*takes a deep breath* Yesterday I sat down to finish Leslie’s jacket and it was a no go. First I couldn’t get the collar right, so I decided to get the buttons on there. I have to make sure the jacket looks good closed, right? It took longer than it should have. Sewing the buttons on was cake! A walk in the park.

“Okay *beep* (I have yet to name my sewing machine), we’re going to make button holes and it’s going to go smoothly,” I told it in a firm voice.  “You got a new needle, nice thread, and I just cleaned you out. You’re going to be nice to me and make these button holes.” With one more stern glare of death letting my sewing machine know who’s boss I began on the first button hole.

“HA!” my sewing machine laughed back, “I’ll show YOU who’s boss!” Ten minutes later with tears of defeat in my eyes I’ve ended up with knots of thread in the back of my jacket and no button hole in sight. Where’s my white flag when I need it? Olive branch? I could almost see the smug look in its face; hear that snicker of “I told you so.”

But it wasn’t ready for what came next….. 

….Like a mad woman, I threw my head back and let the evilest laugh I could muster escape my throat. Lighting flash and zoom in on my right hand. What’s the light shining off of? What’s in my hand?! Could it be…yes! Yes my Ghanger scissors! My shard scissors that cut through fabric like a hot knife through butter.

“Don’t do it!” my machine yelled back at me. “Think of the fraying! How unprofessional!” I paid it no mind and began cutting the button holes manually. It almost let out a little snicker and tried to mutter something about fraying, but I had a secret weapon. Fray Check. The war was over. The machine may have won the first battle, but I came out on top. Yes…Yes I did. I’ll have to hand stitch thread around the openings to make sure no fraying happens, but at least this time there were no causalities. Tonight I tackle the collar. Who will win this one…?

Okay so this idea RANDOMLY came up at the suggestion of a co-worker! She finds it so cute that I like to sew and suggested that I make my own sewing designs. I quickly dismissed the idea. I’ve only been sewing for two years! I’m 100% self taught! …Well…more like 95%. Rosie and my mom showed me the ropes when I first began, but that’s another story. =] Kindra (my co-worker) said I should call my designs Cupcake and have small cupcakes on the clothes, like the little cat on Baby Phat. Now I looove cupcakes! They are my EVERYTHING! Cupcake Clothes…Cupcake Designs…Cupcake Couture! and Voila here we are! Though my designs are far from “couture” and cupcake makes you think of bright, pretty and frilly, which my clothes are not (more along the line of raver/goth/egl) I couldn’t say no to the name! (It used to be From Needle and Thread…nice, but not as nice as Cupcake Couture.)Do I expect to make this into a business? No, not really. But do I love to sew and crafty? Hell yes. Sewing, knitting, crochet, are a huge part of my life. (Strangely I’m going to school to become a photographer, but to me crafting and sewing go hand in hand. How cool would it be to make a fairy outfit for a fairy photo shoot? Or something edgy? And who else is going to take awesome pictures of my designs? Isn’t this the longest break in the world? I’m totally rambling!) Stay tune for more! I’m really excited!