'Tis the season to consider creativity in a new light, with decorating and gift-giving enjoyment on the horizon! What has needed your creative thought processes lately? What needs the creative touch before the holidays? Are handmade gifts going well? Are you going to wrap gifts in a certain way this year and will you need more supplies?
Nancy has a new crocheted prayer shawl project going.
She also finished a child-size prayer shawl and potholder.
Harmony has finished constructing the sports quilt top.
She is piecing the back now in some of the sports fabrics.
Harriet was inspired by a trip to a Renaissance Festival.
She's got Christmas cards and gift-wrapping ideas on her mind.
BookSaver tried a drawing-onto-fabric technique.
She traced a well-fitting dress to copy its fit in other patterns.
BookSaver, do you remember the name brand of the gel used for the fabric pen/art? Was it "Golden Acrylics" maybe ? Do you know of any web instructions for this? I'm not sure dd would ever want to put one of her drawings onto fabric, but this seems a helpful permanent way to do it. We're assuming the cotton fabric has to be woven without stretch to it. In other words, probably not a tee-shirt craft.
I'm so impressed with the decision to copy an existing garment and make new clothes from that pattern. I have recently been disappointed in a catalog order of the same garment (supposedly) I have in my closet. They had changed the fabric and the cut. So much for assuming I could buy extra of this item that fit well.
What garment do you have right now that deserves to have a pattern made from it? Which one will you be so disappointed to have wear out before you can find any similar replacement? Hmmm.... .... Doesn't have to be a complicated garment. Dd mentions having a few Scrunchies that are just perfect but newly purchased ones don't work as well. She says maybe she should take one of the ideal ones apart and copy the exact measurement of the fabric and see what elastic was used.