11:41
"Just look and steal with your eyes," my mother said. We were walking through Edgars* weeks before Eid, deciding what my Eid dress would look like. My mother was a master seamstress and could look at a dress on a mannequin then go home and recreate it. She didn't need a pattern, and mostly the first fitting was perfect.
She could do the same with a sweater she'd see and like. She could go back home and adapt an existing pattern into a new creation that everyone would marvel over.
Unfortunately I didn't inherit her sewing talent, but I am very good at stealing with my eyes. I spend too much time on inspirational places like Etsy, Pinterest and Craftgawker and then go down to my Cave of Creation and take a shot at recreating some of the beautiful things I've seen.
Right now I'm onto paper garlands. I saw some on Etsy - and wondered who would pay $15 for a paper garland? With my punches and paper stash that I have, there is great ambition for the creation of paper garlands. "Sew" far I'm planning hearts, and butterflies and flowers: always, always flowers. Watch this space ...
11:45
*Edgars was a Department Store much like Sears or The Bay when I was growing up in South Africa.
"Just look and steal with your eyes," my mother said. We were walking through Edgars* weeks before Eid, deciding what my Eid dress would look like. My mother was a master seamstress and could look at a dress on a mannequin then go home and recreate it. She didn't need a pattern, and mostly the first fitting was perfect.
She could do the same with a sweater she'd see and like. She could go back home and adapt an existing pattern into a new creation that everyone would marvel over.
Unfortunately I didn't inherit her sewing talent, but I am very good at stealing with my eyes. I spend too much time on inspirational places like Etsy, Pinterest and Craftgawker and then go down to my Cave of Creation and take a shot at recreating some of the beautiful things I've seen.
Right now I'm onto paper garlands. I saw some on Etsy - and wondered who would pay $15 for a paper garland? With my punches and paper stash that I have, there is great ambition for the creation of paper garlands. "Sew" far I'm planning hearts, and butterflies and flowers: always, always flowers. Watch this space ...
11:45
*Edgars was a Department Store much like Sears or The Bay when I was growing up in South Africa.
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