Checking in with Instagram (because, no, I don't check it everyday), I found out about Slow Fashion October. This fills me with both excitement and dread. Excitement because I'm really trying to up the ante of me-made-clothes in my closet, and dread because the last thing I need right now is another freakin' project. And I can't resist.
In the meantime, I thought it'd be a good time to share Seamwork magazine from Colette Patterns with you. Each month Seamwork features two patterns that are designed to take you 3 hours or less to complete, helping you (me) get the handmade wardrobe we fantasize about. (See how I took "you" and "me" and made it "we"? - That's called crafty, and grammar - hah!) In all honesty I have yet to make one of the patterns (subscribers get two pattern credits a month for $6), mostly because school has started and Shake-n-Make has a show opening on Tuesday (yes, I'll write a post about that in the next day or so), which requires my attention. But having a stash of patterns that won't take me a weekend (or more) to make and could result in wardrobe staples is inspiring.
And because I'm a glutton for (self) punishment, I'm considering implementing a "Finish One/Start One" project to spur me to go back to not only sewing or knitting WIPs** but to stories I've started and left hanging. But rather than make it some kind of goal, which often leads to a sense of failure, I'm working toward satisfaction. I'm not going to kill myself trying to crank out projects or stories because I said I would; I'm going to work on projects with an eye to satisfying my need to create. We'll have to see what comes out of that.
Happy October!
*Sometimes I think I need a tattoo that says "Better late than never" because, yes, it's October 2nd
** Work-in-Progress plural, and yes, grammatically it should be WsIP, but it's not.
In the meantime, I thought it'd be a good time to share Seamwork magazine from Colette Patterns with you. Each month Seamwork features two patterns that are designed to take you 3 hours or less to complete, helping you (me) get the handmade wardrobe we fantasize about. (See how I took "you" and "me" and made it "we"? - That's called crafty, and grammar - hah!) In all honesty I have yet to make one of the patterns (subscribers get two pattern credits a month for $6), mostly because school has started and Shake-n-Make has a show opening on Tuesday (yes, I'll write a post about that in the next day or so), which requires my attention. But having a stash of patterns that won't take me a weekend (or more) to make and could result in wardrobe staples is inspiring.
And because I'm a glutton for (self) punishment, I'm considering implementing a "Finish One/Start One" project to spur me to go back to not only sewing or knitting WIPs** but to stories I've started and left hanging. But rather than make it some kind of goal, which often leads to a sense of failure, I'm working toward satisfaction. I'm not going to kill myself trying to crank out projects or stories because I said I would; I'm going to work on projects with an eye to satisfying my need to create. We'll have to see what comes out of that.
Happy October!
*Sometimes I think I need a tattoo that says "Better late than never" because, yes, it's October 2nd
** Work-in-Progress plural, and yes, grammatically it should be WsIP, but it's not.
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