I just had an idea while listening to the livestream in Dave's community. (Lots of new things will be coming to Locals in the near future!) When I say "just had" I mean it's such a fresh idea I haven't quite moved beyond the concept phase with any real details yet.
I don't really feel like this community should be all about me - I want it to be about ALL of us, and I want us to be able to make the connections we have trouble making on other social media platforms. A real community.
With that in mind, would you be interested in something like "Community Conversations" videos? I could video call each of the active members one at a time and post informal interviews of the recorded conversations. That way we all get to know each other a little bit better and maybe we can continue to attract more people to The Sewing Sphere.
Are there any other ways you'd like to connect and get to know each other? I'm still looking into zoom calls meetups and possibly some movie/tv watching together. Do you have any ideas to add to my list? I want to make this the community place to go for creative inspiration and sewing/crafting!
Please vote and comment on what you'd like to see!
I spent the day priming things for paint and then I remembered to shoot a quick video. #SewingStudioBuild
I started cutting all the edges while Janet was away yesterday morning. When she got back after lunch, she pulled out a roller and started filling in. I'll put a pic below in the comments. #SewingStudioBuild
We broke for lunch and then came back with a portal ac unit plugged in to an extention cord from the house. Can't wait until they finished hooking up all the electrical and we have the mini split cooling the room for us - it was stupid humid today! #SewingStudioBuild
YIKESSSSSSSSSSSSSS....... Folkwear Croatian Shirt Faillll...
I thought, "This shirt has no fitting whatsoever. Surely I don't need to muslin this, just use my measurements... " HA.
I'm sending you to the link b/c I think you should know about patternreview.com if you don't. But yikes.
https://sewing.patternreview.com/review/pattern/208009
Oh, I got the fabric from a deadstock place in Singapore (which ickily shipped from China) and I'm 75% pleased with that. The fabric is super comfy and soft, and it showed up quickly... but there were a couple of holes. Bubbo, fwiw.
So this is my plan for all those fabric covered triangles. Make eleventy million little triangles into a million slightly bigger triangles. Then make those into a bunch of hexagons and put them all together into a giant hexagon.
The last photo is my "map" once I've made all the triangles. Colored outlines are just so I can see the hexagons because I'll get better joins at the points if I assemble like this instead of long straight runs of rows of triangles. Plus it will be easier to hold smaller sections as I hand-stitch.
I think I only have about 150 papers left to cover with fabric, but I need to start laying what I have out to see if I need any specific colors (maybe some lighter highlights).
Any guesses what my inspiration is? I'll put the answer/photo in the comments.
#epp
