Design your own fabric!

Sahara Chevron by Zenzile

I was on my twitter account this week, looking for new design template themes for my account when I came across themeleon and flipped out. Their designs are so much nicer, more imaginative and full of pop than twitters default wallpapers. This lead me to Colour Lovers which themeleon was created by. Colour Lovers allows you create your own personalized color palletted and then create your own patterns for use as fabric, stationary, whatever!
UP-MY-ALLEY!

I designed Sahara Chevron as a test run and ordered a fat quarter swatch on Spoon Flower just to see what it would look like. It's just amazing that that the internet allows us to do things like this. Design our own fabric and then order it! Gotta love DIY based sites. I'm not sure this means my apprehension towards sewing is over but well, we'll see how inspiring Sahara Chevron is and get back to you. LOL!

TO DIY or to Buy (or a little bit of both)

This last shipment of Blythe Doll items I've purchased has made me realize something really important. I really need to start making the things I can make myself, rather than pay to get them shipped over seas. I mean some of the stuff I get like that roll neck sweater is definitely far from being in my skill level to make at the moment. But I think I could probably pull off a simple crotchet hat if I tried. Not that I don't LOOOOVE Moshi Moshi. I really have never liked sewing very much so I will probably continue to buy from other more incredibly talented seamstresses than I. But I can knit and I am definitely going yo learn to crotchet and that means I should start to be able to make a lot of clothes on my own for the Fab Five.

I was just looking at this cute pearl necklace for Blythe on ebay and I realized, what the hell am I doing even considering buying this? I work like minutes away from the garment district. I can get a string of tiny pearls and make this myself? And who knows what else? I guess I'm also getting really sick of waiting on things in the mail. Since I usually order from Japan and the UK it's really annoying have to wait for things to arrive. I don't want to get too much ahead of myself here but my own etsy shop may not be too far down the road.

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