Sewing Stuff

So, I'm taking this rather expensive class on how to make a bag with my friend.  It's a really complicated Amy Butler Weekender Bag and I have purchased over $100 worth of materials I have never heard of before (to be fair, some of these materials were actually repurchases of stuff that I messed up the first time, so the bag shouldn't actually be that expensive if you decide to make it yourself, since you are probably not too impatient to read patterns correctly, like I frequently am). 

Last Monday, I will admit, my friend and I were not the class superstars.  We didn't complete our sewing homework on time and the teacher had to repeat and re-model each step for me about seven times.  You might say that this caused me to gain a better sense of empathy for those students in my own classroom who also love to make me insane struggle to understand. 

Anyway, this week, I am going in strong and determined not to be the *cringe* "slow kid."  For starters, I have completed my sewing homework (fortunately, the teacher only trusted us to complete the very simplest task imaginable so I did it in, like, 5 minutes) and then organized everything into labeled plastic baggies.  But here's the real kicker--I went to a sewing class with my mom a couple of weeks ago and I noticed that the hardcore people all had these really awesome (and almost wholly unnecessary) handmade sewing accessories.  So I found some patterns from a few places and made my own things and you better believe I am going to look like da business when I come strolling in with, like, six bags of handmade sewing accessories.  "Yeah, check out this portable quilted thread catcher.  It's for catching threads.  This whole giant bag is only for catching threads.  You may think it's unnecessary, but that's only because you may not sew very much.  If you were a hardcore sewer seamstress like me, you would definitely need this thread catcher.  That's right, I am awesome."