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I have an idea!  Well, it isn't a new idea, it is more of an elaboration of an old idea.  Back a few years, I wanted to open a Cafe Press shop.  Unfortunately, Cafe Press isn't really feasible if you don't live in the states.  Before I discovered this, I had made up a whole host of Tshirt designs. 

In going through my old graphics (deleting ones I was never going to use again), I came across my tshirt images (and thankfully, the new PSP opens Photoshop graphics or they would have been lost altogether).  I still really like them and I think that they would sell.  So, I am gonna do it on my own.  I have access to reletively cheap shirts, and my brother has a new printer, and I have some transfer paper kicking around somewhere, so why not?

I am gonna make a few and get some pictures up (I will figure something out camera-wise).  If there is interest, I can prolly sell them for a competative price and maybe make myself some extra money this summer.  If they do well, I might see about finding some consignment shops around here.  Who knows?

I am kind of excited.  Maybe this will help me to start moving in the direction of finding out what I want to do with my life.  Or, maybe I will just make a few extra bucks this summer ;)  Either way is good.

--Phae

Good pun, eh? LOL Seriously, though, I have been sewing. And I remember now why I love making my own clothes so very much. I get to make exactly what I want, and I get to make sure that everything fits perfectly ... what I am left with is a wardrobe that is very *me*.

When I was young, I learned to sew because clothes were expensive, and fabric was cheaper (and that way I could have nice clothes for less than hundreds of dollars). That is not so much the case anymore. The fabric I like is often $14+ a metre, and my trims (lace and whatnot) range about $3-$5 per metre. That, however, is ok. I am not poor anymore. I sew because I love to, not because I have to.

I reach lazy stages where I just go out and buy something because I can't be bothered to make it, but when I get into the right mood ... yesterday I altered 4 shirts (only two of which I wasn't wearing regularly). I now have freer range of movement in my bell sleeved tunic, and two of my t-shirts are sporting 2" wide lace trim on the bottom.

Today I am going to make my wrap-around pants (those are just as they sound, like wrap skirts, but pants ... they tie in the back and then tie again in the front ... perfect breeze summer pants). I also have a pair of jeans that I have been fighting with for a few years now, that I might take out of my mending box again. They are designed for women who are shaped like boys (ie no hips), but they have pretty butterflies on the ankle, so I am determind to work something out. I am thinking I might slash them up the sides and fill the hips and ankle bells with some of my left over fabric (I have a lovely greenish blue patterned silk-like material that I got when my local discount fabric store was closing down).

In other news, I am still losing weight! Hooray for me! I have noticed that even in the midst of the PMS bloat, my bras are fitting better than they have in years ... just think at how well they will fit in a few weeks once the hormones wash away! Woo Hoo!

I was thinking of doing something special for the solstice, but I think that I will just enjoy my day. It feels peaceful today, and I don't really want to wreck that. I may clean the kitchen, might throw together a meal or something sweet, but on the whole, I am just going to relax, enjoy the summer sun, and sew to my heart's content.

--Phae