My Mother CAN Sew!

My mother didn't teach me to sew. My mother doesn't know how to sew. Or so I thought.

A few months back my mother called to tell me she was getting a sewing machine for herself and going to learn to sew. That was exciting, random, but exciting. She also seemed to be lacking direction when she told me she had no idea what she wanted to make and was just going to play with the machine.

 This, my friends, was a BIG, FAT, LIE. She was secretly making me a quilt for my baby shower.

Months had gone by with her pretending to be "practicing sewing straight lines."  In reality she was struggling her way through making her first quilt, her first ANYTHING. Although she did have her quilt-making best friend to call for guidance, she did all of the sewing herself.

Stunned!!! Shocked! My mother could sew. She had bought a new machine, learned to sew on it and produced a quilt for her first grandchild in just a few months.

My mother really is amazing, but she already knew that.