Sarahmade

I am feeling very inspired at the moment. Almost over-inspired which is not that great because I need to focus and bring a little bit of order to all the crafts I want to tackle. I have ideas buzzing around my head but I feel like I need to do a little housekeeping and write a list of all the projects I want to do in the immediate future. Here is an expanded to do list:

Write about my printmaking course

My printmaking course was my Christmas present from Tom and it was a twelve week introduction to the key areas of printmaking. I want to see what I learnt and think about ways I can carry it on at home, before the evening class side of my brain gets taken up by the Creative Textiles course I am starting at the end of April. I also need to edition all my prints and find a place to store them.

Clear out my material trunk

I have an old wicker trunk devoted to my material stash and my sewing machine. There is quite a lot of rubbish in there, stuff I have bought on a whim and will never use. I would like to give it a good clear out so there is always room to put my sewing machine back in after I use it. I have bags of scraps which I do use occasionally so I want to find a way to separate them from the rest. My wool is also stored in there so I need to find a good wool receptacle as I might be using that more with the new course. Perhaps clear boxes in the trunk might work well? While I am at it I will replace the broken hinges.

Finish making Jack’s present

Top secret. Can’t write about it here but it is going to be felt. He is only two and obviously won’t read this but his parents might.

Make more clothes

Going some way to help the material trunk sort out I want to use some lovely cream and brown material I bought a year ago to make a skirt. At the time I used a pattern to try and make the skirt but I just couldn’t work out how to do it. I have never been so frustrated by craft project ever and therefore haven’t approached clothes making for a year. Yesterday I got a burst of inspiration and confidence and used an existing skirt to make a template and then a skirt from some red cord I had in the trunk. I was pretty pleased with myself and have realised that the possibilities of copying existing clothes are (almost) endless.

Make a merit badge

Another slightly top secret project. Can’t tell you what it is for but it will be a little embroidered patch in the style of the old Brownies patches. My new love = embroidery.

Build a craft library

There is a world of information about crafts out there and I want to collect it. I have got shelves of books that I never read so I’m going to begin the process of taking those to charity and collecting some useful craft reference books. I have a few to add to the library already like my pride and joy win on ebay – Lino Cutting and printing by Claude Flight.

That will do for now.