i don't know why i feel compelled to make stuff but i do. i surf crafty sites and get all excited. i want to make fun stuff too! i think i can blame my mom entirely since she was always taking tole painting courses or flower arranging classes or sewing god damn ruffles on my t shirts (from target! the adoration for all things tar-jay started at a very young age for me).
here's the thing, i've always been mildly interested in sewing but exposure to cool and exciting fabric is non-existent in this town. everything about this town is middle of the road. fantastic if you want middle of the road but i want something different. i could head to TO to find what i'm looking for but i don't know where to start. which is why the more interesting and imaginative people i'm finding on the net are inspiring me in leaps and bounds to create. i've been bitten hard.
anyway, i used a indigo gift certificate to buy a few things recently (some advice, if at all possible, avoid using a gift card to make online indigo purchases. in a word: painful!). the lily allen cd, the yarn harlot's latest book (von, you want knitting rock star, go visit the yarn harlot's site. that woman could incite riots if she so desired.), and lotta jansdotter's simple sewing.
i knew i wanted to use an amy butler fabric to make lotta's sun hat. i'm not down with buying fabric on line yet. i just made the leap to buying yarn on line; i'm working my way up to fabric. i did a little digging and found a little quilt place in guelph that carries amy butler fabric. i packed up the wee monkey and my mom and we headed to the pretty, pretty town of guelph. seriously, why is guelph so pretty and k-w so not? sure we have pockets of pretty but you have to know where they are. guelph is teeming with picturesque views and old stone houses.
this is what i brought home:
a wild print for the hat and monkeys for a monkey blanket!
p.s. no progress on the plum gable.
3 comments:
Just stay away from the eucalyptus!
I love the fabric for the hat. You are lucky - such a hat person!
i most solemly swear to never ever use eucalyptus for anything crafty, ever.
glad you like the fabric pattern. it is, uh, a bit bold. i'll see how it turns out. could be major ugs. though, i've seen that hat in the same pattern, only in pink and it is tres cute.
Guelph is a damn pretty town, it's true. It's all the granola, hippies and herbal tea. It's been infusing the water table for years.
Waterloo has only white-bread and computer code to eat from. The quirky stores just cannot thrive there, and shrivel up and die.
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