The text is from “The Labourer and the Nightingale” from Aesop’s Fables. Created Using Adobe Illustrator CS3.
tagged: Aesop's Fables, Design, Illustration, illustrator, postcard, Project Gutenberg, song bird, tree
Today is day one of the Stash Reduction contest at PatternReview. com (the contest ends July 31). To help keep me focused, I made a list of some things I intend to make for this contest:
- A flirty wrap skirt similar to this one. Trying to work out the pattern for this now.
- At least one summery dress. Haven’t decide on a style yet
- At least two sun hats: one for me and one for Kiddo
- A couple of knit tops: one in turquoise and one in lavender
- A bathing suit
- A preppy, Ralph Lauren-ish jacket if I have enough of the fabric. If I don’t it will likely be overalls for Kiddo
- Valences for the living room windows.
- A collection of bags: a large tote, tea bags, a tote for recyclables, a lunch bag, storage bags for projects, a hanging pocket for holding scissors and shears near my sewing machine, a toiletries bag for Kiddo, and storage bags for the backseat of my car.
- A small collection of toys: puppets and bean bags. Possibly a play mat of some sort to go with the bean bags. Possibly a puppet theater or theater curtains. And of course, storage bags for all.
- A teepee for Kiddo (already got the PVC pipe from Freecycle)
This is a pretty ambitious list for me. I have two other non-stash projects that will take up some time plus a two week vacation in the middle of the contest. But the point is to have fun and try to reduce the stash collection. Watch for updates on progress here.
tagged: pattern review, Projects, Sewing, stash contest
