Two days ago was the first time that I’ve ever used a sowing machine and it was awesome!
The whole class used diagrams from this YouTube video.
Here’s a picture of me sowing:

Smooth….
Here’s the front of the final product

And the back:

Here’s what it looked like before my stuffing arrived through amazon:

And here it is after the stuffing arrived:

I was curious about how exactly a sewing machine works and after spending some time looking at different videos trying to explain the process, I finally found this clip by Design Squad Global – click on it; it’s well worth a quick watch.