Snuggies

I am not quite sure why the only time of year I sew is around Christmas -

WHEN I AM GIVING GIFTS TO PEOPLE! 

Sorry dear people.

 I guess for those of you who aren't closely related to me you should feel lucky. No odd homemade gifts for you.

This year I decided to make Snuggies. I found an awesome sale on fleece and a "1hour" pattern to go along with it.

Right.

The problem with me is I have lovely intentions but am the WORLD'S BIGGEST PROCRASTINATOR.

Tis true.

Two days before we are supposed to exchange gifts with The Beloved's family I bust out my fabric and rip open my one hour pattern. That's when I ran into a major problem.

I discovered I couldn't read sewing language. The directions on the pattern were completely foreign - 

I was googling every other word.

When all else fails what do I do?

Well, call my dear mother of course. She lovingly came to my rescue, like always, but asked me this one simple question:

"Honey, why didn't you start working on this a month ago if you knew you didn't know how to sew?"

My response,

"I didn't know that I didn't know how to sew."

Pathetic I know.... and I think I've learned my lesson.

Plus, I now know the art of sewing a Snuggie without following directions at all.

But don't ask for one because I also remembered I hate sewing.

Here is my amazing sister-in-law modeling one of her children's BYU Snuggies:

In this picture it looks really funky -

I don't think it was like that in real life...

but it's definitely possible.

I "helped" my #2 Sister finish a Snuggie she was making for my #1 Sister, but all I really helped do was sew the arms on opposite directions.

Do you like? :)

We finally sorted things out and got everything sewn on properly.

I also made three for my Sister #3's family -

  :)

The End -

Until next year - when I forget I don't know how to sew again.