the Serger Giveaway entry

The Sew, Mama, Sew blog is definitely one of the best sewing blogs/forum/fabric shops out there. I love this site!

Well, it's back-to-school month, and they are offer a real motherlode of a giveaway: a brand new Husqvarna Viking serger machine.

And even though the chances of my winning are about as slim as both my kids sleeping all night all by themselves in their own beds, I may as well try. Because isn't hope part of the human experience?

This year I'm facing a peculiar sewing challenge. Over the past year I've just sewed less, faced with a busy life of toddler and preschooler and a sewing/fabric setup that is a little frustrating since our move. Last year I got a bunch of pants/jeans for my growing like a weed 4yo (now 5yo). I got them a little on the large side hoping we could bring them out for the fall, too. Well, they didn't make it. Hardly three months later, the knees of these pants systematically shredded. I was kind of frustrated because between his grandma and me, we had gotten him good, new jeans with the expectation that they would last. I've patched and patched all his holey knees, but even that's not going to last long before he starts looking like a quilt. So I'm bracing for a big sewing challenge of creating the sturdiest boy pants ever. A serger would make this go a lot faster.

Also, I would love to be able to create more unique, fun Tshirts for my boys. Because we all know that there is so much more out there for girls. I'm scared to sew with knits without a serger. Yea, yea, I know it can be done. But it could be done more easily with a serger.

So this is why I would love to win the serger: to sew clothes for my boys more easily.