Style Arc To The Rescue

Sometimes the thing I bought the fabric for turns out to be a bad idea

And then I need to think of something else.

The fabric in question is in the bucket under the bucket. Dyed the fabric and it still was a fail. A sad dull icky fail.

Pinterest used to be a good brain jogger, but it's so full of ads and repeats, there's no real deep dive. And Any Popular Internet Search Engine tends to have the same gamed results.

Thus, Style Arc.

A deep enough catalog of recognizable tech drawings and patterns similar to ones I own.

(there's a whole conversation about that I'm sure I had with myself about this over the years)

Now I cruise their patterns for ideas and use them for my own.

I have enough patterns.

I can kluge a feature onto one that already fits me.

I have a couple of sweater knits that need to be made up to keep me warm in this very cold and housebound spring

 This idea is for later

Haptic Lab Quilt That I Will Be Stitching Until I Die

The text and photos on this just blew up and so I am going to post this without text, like a silent movie.

They just added a very cool print at home feature that I wish I could have used for this

https://www.hapticlab.com/collections/diy-kits/products/printable-diy-quilt-constellation

 that you print on this

https://www.sulky.com/item/sulky-sticky-fabrisolvy-stabilizer-white-85-x-11-pkg-12-sheets

You print it out, stick it on, and it washes out when you are done stitching.

Because unpicking all that nonwoven stuff out of this handstitching is going to really suck.

Do you suck at handstitching like I do?

https://sublimestitching.com/pages/tutorials

https://closetcasepatterns.com/hand-sewing-tips-techniques/

Read the comments. Everyone has an opinion and a different learning style. In sewing, as in religion and other acts of faith, nobody is wrong, they just don't do it the way that works for you (science is different, thank you)

Life is short

Start now