Too Many Interests

There's a saying: Jack of all trades, master of none. Which is how I feel more than 90% of the time. I can do a handful of things fairly well, but I can't do any particular trade particularly well.

What you will see in this blog is a smattering of what I like as well as some family stories mixed in. This list includes but is not limited to:

Drawing
Painting
Animating
Music
Sewing
Embroidering
Crafting
Needle felting
Knitting
Crochet
Croquet
Food
Eating
Building
Breaking
Teaching
Dog walking

You know, usual stuff. Tutorials mixed in, one hopes, as well as completed projects.

I can't promise much outside this, but I'll try to amuse you like a sewing, dancing Schnauzer puppy. Like my Schnauzer puppy. He amuses me.

I might also complain about messing projects up. That's likely too.

No matter what, I'm going to enjoy myself and I hope you do too.

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Me Made May 2019 Post 1: Finding Patterns

Let's start with the peplum clone and how that's going so far. I have seen some videos about cloning a garment (from WithWendy and AnnikaVictoria ) and so I have some idea of copying a shirt without destroying it. HOWEVER, most tutorials are based around knit garments, and this garment is made of woven fabric. The biggest issue with this is cloning a knit garment is easy because shaping is less of an issue. Stretch is forgiving, so you can kind of wing it. Woven material is 2D, so shaping it to 3D takes a couple techniques that can be hard to replicate. It's got bust darts. It's got gathers on the bottom. I think to make an accurate copy, I'd have to cute the top apart, but the fabric is so thin, this might not be the best idea. The first thing I did was call my mom. Moms are important, and she tends to be a fount of sewing wisdom. I told her about the issues with cloning, and she came up with some ideas. The plan was to

Plan, Plan, Plan

You know what the best part about this challenge has been so far? By not shopping this week, my brain is like "Girl, you are crushing this challenge!" So, I could passively go through a year of not buying clothes and feel good about myself! BOOM. But here’s the thing: looking forward, I'm going to need to do some serious wardrobe consideration. My jeans are quite a few years old and wearing out in places. I had a baby a year ago so my body is still changing. I'm also trying to be more active, so yeah it's going to keep changing. Plus, I'm rocking the tail end of my 20's, therefore weddings. Always. I have three invites for this year alone (one my daughter is going to be a flower girl, exciting!) Basically, the goal for this week was to sit down and figure a few things out. Define my personal style. What pieces do I need? What pieces do I want? How do I get those pieces? STEP NUMBER FUN: Defining personal style.

Me Made May #10: What Went Right, What Went Wrong

What Went Right: I wore handmade clothing 26/31 days in May! I wore the first dress and first button down I ever made. I didn't repeat too many outfits, which is big for me in general. I think this month of focusing on what I was wearing and what it looked like helped me define my style in a far more sophisticated way. I don't think I would have ever called anything about myself sophisticated, but there you have it. I think it inspired me to push for more fashion risks, which is another sentence I thought I would never say. I made more clothing this month than throughout the rest of this year. It took me MONTHS to make a dress, and within May I made a skirt, a top, redid a sweater and a t-shirt and finished a knit sweater vest. Now, when I look at this, it does not look prolific, but when you think about how much work I was doing at school and how busy spring weekends can be, I'm pretty happy with it. And I'm hoping that inspiration will push into June and Jul

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