Sewing Lesson Part 2 - i made a skirt

Yesterday i had the second of the two sewing machine lessons that Owner had instructed me to enrol onto. Like the previous lesson this was an all day session held at a lovely place in East London called  Fabrications. Once again, i was the only non-female in the class. In this lesson we learnt how to attach zips and make button holes using sewing machines and also how to create a lined edge. In the afternoon we had a choice of making either a pair of shorts or a skirt, i chose a skirt.

Owner had permitted me to buy some fabric so i was able to choose a nice black and white one from the shop to make my skirt out of. The tutor showed me some examples of different styles of skirts i could attempt to make and i chose a less fitted design that i said i wanted to come to just above my knee. She then measured me to get the correct sizes and i was off. The first stage was to cut the fabric into two equal lengths. However, it took me a while as the fabric i had chosen was heavily patterned and i wanted to ensure that the patterns aligned on the finished product, i know Owner has an eye for such things and didn't want to disappoint Her.

Next, it was back to the machine and beginning the process of sewing the skirt together, creating the gathers and fitting the zip etc. i confess i made a number of errors and actually broke the sewing machine needle twice by running it over the zip! However, i eventually, with a lot of help from the tutor, succeeded in assembling my skirt to a point where it was almost ready to wear. She had me put the unfinished skirt on a few times to check it would fit as the skirt slowly came together. However, time passed and it was starting to get late. i was due to meet Owner for dinner and had to leave before the skirt was 100% finished in order to make my rendezvous with Owner who was taking me out for dinner and cocktails! As a result the final fitting of the side poppers on the skirt had to wait until the next day at home.

This morning i attached the popper fastenings and hey presto! What the tutor had described as my '1950's housewife' skirt was finally complete. It is far, far from perfect but i am still quite proud of my first attempt at making a garment on a sewing machine. Owner would like me to put my new found sewing skills to good and so shortly i have been permitted to buy a machine to have at home where i can practice making, decorating and repairing more items - just as She would like Her housewife to be able to.

Let me know what you think of my creation.

Modelling the skirt skirt i made

Attaching the poppers to my skirt back at home

The Joy Of Learning

Owner is, by profession, a trainer and so it should come as no surprise that She puts quite an emphasis on my learning and acquiring new skills and abilities at the heart of my development as Her wife. Over the past couple of years i have studied and attended courses ranging from knitting, jewellery making and embroidery through to reflexology, manicures and massage.  All of these offer practical benefits to Owner in that they diversify the range of useful services i can provide to Her and/or generate things She or we both can enjoy.

In addition, although Owner has lived in London for longer than me She is Spanish by nationality and may one day wish to return to Spain. As Her wife it goes without saying that i would of course go with Her should She ever decide to make such a move. This became the spur for me to try to learn Spanish and Her guidance has helped me to progress to a level of language ability, which though basic, i had all but assumed i was completely incapable of given that every previous attempt on my part learn another language, any language had ended in utter failure.

In short, Owner has encouraged and pushed me to learn a lot and i have had tremendous fun doing so. The study has, for the most part always been enjoyable, and i have had the pleasure of meeting lots of other interesting students and teachers along the way.

However, the latest learning project that i am embarking on at Owner's request promises to take the notion of enjoying your studies to a whole new level. Owner likes to hear about and read my sexual fantasies. She also wants me to try to earn some money for Her. Owner began to encourage me to write and publish some erotic short stories last year and i have published a couple on lulu.com - to a deafening silence. Owner expects me to improve my erotic writing skills and start to sell some stories and so to achieve these outcomes She instructed me to enrol on an erotic writing course run by wade-erotic.

The course looks very interesting and i have now enrolled. One of the points that the tutor makes in the first lesson is the importance of reading other erotic fiction - which is obviously going to be a real chore to have to do! :) i will let you know how i get on and, if i manage to come up with any stories that my tutor thinks has merit, i will share them on the blog for your feedback as well.

Another recent idea of Owners is that i should start to make and publish 'instructional videos'. Her rationale is that i have learnt or acquired a number of skills over the years that others might find of interest and am also something of an exhibitionist (as this blog attests to) and like to perform. Owner would like to know if there are any particular 'instructional type' videos readers i.e. you, would find of interest?  i would 'perform' the task, whatever that is and She would film. We would both be very interested to hear of any ideas or suggestions you may have. We will also be developing some of our own and i hope we will start to make some videos available in the coming months.

i do love these opportunities Owner provides for me to learn new things and am also ridiculously excited at the prospect of being on camera!