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.
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