Ok, you guys are too sweet– thank you so much for the offers of hand-knit sweaters for Miss S and suggestions for idiot(aka me)-proof patterns to make one myself. We’re very spoiled girls!
When I pulled out the denim for my skirt, I also came across some grey knit fabric I bought at the same time to make a maternity version of my favorite wrap dress. Which project also fell by the wayside back then due to pregnancy fatigue and malaise. But hey, now I can fit into the original again, and it does that figure magic that wrap dresses do so well, so how about one for fall? Then it came time to search for the pattern, in the craft closet of DOOM. Seriously, it is a disastrous and pitiful scene, rather like a graveyard for half-finished and abandoned craft projects. I found the pattern (finally) and made the dress
I’m not as thin as I was back in the day(aka April 07), and I used heavier knit which meant I should have faced the bodice like the directions said instead of fully lining it (whoo, that’s a bulky waistline there), but it is comfy and wrappy and so I will wear it anyway.
I also came to the conclusion that, along with stopping with the peanut butter cups, some serious de-stashing must occur pronto, in addition to finishing or chucking the half-finished bits and pieces in that closet to make way for more focused crafting. After the past few weeks of creating with abandon, I’m feeling disorganized and sort of blocked (this may be because I looked in that closet). There’s so much inspiration out there, and I have so many supplies, but I just don’t know what to do next. HMB needs fall/winter hats for her rapidly expanding noggin, it’s never too early to get started on holiday gifts, but…nothing really feels that exciting.
This is where you come in: when I went to the post office today I picked up a few flat rate priority mail boxes to fill with crafty odds and ends– good ones, I promise, decent sized lengths of fabric, strands of beads, packs of notecards etc. And I will send them off to some of you, my faithful readers. If you’d like to be in the mix for this giveaway, please either comment and let me know what crafty projects you’re most excited about right now (if you have links or photos, go ahead and link to ‘em!). Or if you like, blog about it and then comment here with a link to your post. I’ll leave the comments open until Monday, September 22, then randomly pick 3 commenters to each get a box ‘o’ fun–if possible, I’ll try to make your box contents match up with the project you’re working on. I hope you’ll join in and help inspire me to make way for new projects!