instagramming my daily life
One of my first goals for 2019 was to make a garment from a commercial pattern. For some reason, I was developing a mental block against actually digging into the stash of easy patterns I’ve purchased from Goodwill and garage sales. I’ve made clothes for my son from PDF patterns online, and I’ve drafted my own patterns (with guidance from Melly), but I hadn’t yet taken my scissors to the antique tissue paper that is ’80’s-era sewing patterns.
As I suspected, I really had nothing to fear.
My phone was in its usual dashboard cradle this morning when I saw this fiery sunrise. I dared to switch from my iPod to the camera app, but only got a few quick shots before I gave up and refocused my full attention on the road.
After a bare minimum of designing (read: uploading a screenshot of a couple of formatted cells in Google Sheets) and a $5 payment to Spoonflower, I now have some 50 custom labels to sew into my handmade garments this year.
I sat down in my usual spot at the Bux and laughed aloud when I saw the Siren.
[Taken October 16, 2018 at 1:05PM]