Make, Do & Mend List

Consider this a syllabus in my ongoing HomeEc education:
{this is the impossible to complete list of things from books and around the interwebs that Martha Stewart, Betty Crocker, and Betsy Ross could accomplish}

• reupholster our vintage chairs
• make the cute baby kimonos from the Craft Hope book
• hand piece a hexagon quilt using english paper piecing
• make bow-tie paper clips from fabric strips ala how about orange
• make the tulip skirt by jenny of wiksten from stitch magazine winter of ’08
• make {and or coerce my soldier into making} the bedside book abode from curbly
• can some jam {preferably blackberry}
• participate in a CSA {which would require living somewhere where the seasonal produce isn’t limited to various tropical fruits}
• have 4 more children {not limited to birthing them. totally willing to foster, adopt, or steal my friends kids}
• sew a quilt for myself
• sew 12 dresses in a year
• complete project life for 2011 {loving this so far, up-to-date and almost 1/2 way done with twenty-11}
• knit a sweater worth wearing {which requires living somewhere that necessitates owning a winter wardrobe}
• sew the color wheel quilt from last-minute patchwork + quilted gifts with the liberty bundle à la purl soho
• sew the wiksten tova tunic {update: done! love it! also sewed the tank dress}
• read a book in one sitting {update: i read the hunger games in 1 sitting. justt the 1st book, not the trilogy}
  
• learn to draft my own patterns {flying by the seat of your pants = lots of quality time with a seam ripper}
• buy a dress form {which requires me to live somewhere other than the middle of the pacific}
• learn to bake….like actually bake….i’m terrible at baking
• sew the modern crosses quilt from modern log cabin quilting (cover quilt) {update: done! love it! must make another!}
  
• hand crochet the giant doily rug à la ladies and gentlemen from crafting a meaningful home
  
• sew quiet time books for my helper and the cadet
• crochet an afghan {bonus points if i re-learn it from my grandma}
• take the photographer’s workshop from karen russell
  
• sew clothing from japanese pattern books
• hand sew a cathedral windows quilt
• sew a camera bag for my canon and my fuji instax
• make my own soap
• up-cycle college and concert t-shirts into a man cave quilt
• learn to service my typewriter and my sewing machine
• learn photoshop
• throw 3 themed parties a year
• make my own vanilla extract
• line dry our clothes for a summer

I’ll update with my progress and add new items as they pop up.