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If you've got a keen eye then you spotted the bumper I made in the first picture. And here is the bunting bumper (rubber baby bunting bumpers!) in all it's glory. Take a long look, because I will never be making one of these suckers again. You know when you are dreading doing a project and then you start and think, hey, this isn't so bad, kind of fun even? Well this wasn't like that at all--it sucked the whole way through. But thankfully done and off the list.

When Katy asked me to be a part of Once Upon a Thread,cheap canada goose, I immediately said yes! yes! and then I drew a complete blank. I could not think of a single book that made me want to make something, which is silly because I love children's books and I love making things. You would think this project would be easy peasy. And that's what I thought, but suddenly nothing was inspiring me to sew.

I looked through my kids' books, I looked through some of my friend's collections, I looked in the library,canada goose chilliwack parka, but the more I looked the worse it got. I had maker's block. The more I tried to force myself to think creatively the worse my ideas became. The horrible ideas made me feel like I wasn't creative enough or clever enough or much of a seamstress or all of those at once.

My big crabby, self defeatist attitude reminded me of a little children's book we've picked up from the library a few times called The Dot by Peter Reynolds. It's a simple story about a little girl who is frustrated because she can't draw. Her teacher asks if she will at least make a mark on the page.Canada Goose. So the girl slams her marker down and makes a dot.