Inspiration

I need a new idea.

I've gotten the coolest embroidery transfers from Sublime Stitches (@sublimestitchin on Twitter) and even Aunt Martha's, and have been working the dish towels. But I've grown weary of dish towels. I want to stitch something that someone will see besides me.

Napkins and placemats are one thought. Totebags are another. (Yes, I do have a felted bag to make — maybe I'll work on it tomorrow! — that will be embroidered.)

What I miss are the projects I did in my early teens, back in the dark ages — jean jackets, chambray shirts, worn-out jeans and cords. Big, elaborate things that rivaled Elton John's "Madman Across the Water" LP cover. Things that flirted with the notion of "wearable art" before working-class kids ever heard the term.