A selection of fabrics I picked up during my last shopping 'spree'... is it really a 'spree' when the only
thing you buy is 4 yds of fabric for $12? If you're saving $20+, heck yes :)
Now that June's over and July is nicely - if stickily - underway, it's time for me to start working on my craft sale projects.
As I've mentioned before, I'm going to branch out a bit and try to put together some different pieces to offer for sale at a couple of local sales this fall. I've been faithfully keeping scraps of fabric just for these projects so I shouldn't have to actually buy much - if any - fabric to do them up. Of course, that all depends on the pattern I end up using.
My mom's a faithful magazine keeper (and she wonders where I got my pack-ratting traits from...), so there's a chance I'll find something from pre-1980 to try. I've been a fan of TipNut for a while, and their collections of patterns is quite handy, and they just happen to have a list of pincushion patterns... however, I refuse to use anyone else's pattern for profit, unless given permission. But for inspiration? No problem at all.
There are some times, though, where pieces are bound to be copied, if only through either sheer ignorance or there only being a limited number of ways a piece can be made. Completely unique and original ideas shouldn't be copied... but used for inspiration? Why not? Heck, I'd take it as a compliment, if anything. But that's just me.
Back to the topic at hand... this weekend doesn't look like it's going to be too busy, so I may actually get something done. On my to-do list this weekend:
- finally get a new blog banner designed
- finish up a few pouches that I just keep moving around and around... and around
- list a tote I've had on my desk for almost 2 weeks
- find/design patterns for craft sale pieces
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