Whim 14 is complete. It’s blue flowers and exposed blue zipper made the decision for shoes easy, and Anna models it here with her Killer Blue Shoes. Oooh, these shoes! I remember when we found them, on a clearance rack, … Continue reading
What I’m revealing tonight is Whim 5.2. Measuring just 3.5 x 5 inches, this digital media wallet stores up to eight flash drives and several sd cards while looking beautiful in your book bag. You know you want one!
Whim 5 digital media wallet for Anna Banana
Whim 5 inside
This is Whim 5.2 because 5.1 was rejected.
I make everything I do several times, but it’s usually a virtual construct. Remember learning to sew, and the advice to read pattern directions completely before beginning the project? It’s good advice. When you design, there are no directions to read: you are creating the directions as part of the design process. There’s an order of attack in construction that really does make a difference, and when approached with forethought, minimizes both time and margin for error. So once I settle on a final design, I do a virtual construct, all in my mind’s eye, setting the steps in efficient order. Then I make it again, checking the order in my mind from beginning to end. I’ll do this while driving, or mowing the grass, or as anticipated tomorrow, shoveling snow (snow storm 2 in three days here in Pennsylvania). Then I cut.
With Whim 5, the repetition was not all virtual. Whim 5.1 was complete last night and I hated it. All the elements of function were accomplished, but I thought it a little ugly, a little large, and overall, not something I wanted to post pictures of on the internet or present to my daughter Anna as the fulfillment of her whim. I shut down the sewing studio for the night, proofread a paper for my daughter Belle, and headed to bed, all the while redesigning. As I drifted off to sleep, I was engaged in the virtual construct of the new and improved Whim 5.2.
Why torment myself you ask? Because I love the challenge of starting with nothing but an idea, and finishing with something tangible, something both beautiful and useful. Whim 5.1 did not satisfy, so Whim 5.2 was required.
Whim 5 purpose
Whim 5 pocket for sd cards
Whim 5 inside for storing flash drives
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