Brainstorm time. I have three options I am toying around with for this 20% project. Option 1: Baby Blankets for Etsy I'm a little bit of a fabric hoard, especially when it comes to Snuggle Flannel at 70% off on Black Friday the last three years in a row. The problem is, I rarely end up doing anything with it due to time demands, and now I have accumulated nearly three large bins worth of coordinating fabrics that will [someday] be stripe quilts with matching burp cloths for me to sell in my Etsy shop. If I choose this option, it won't be so much "Learn to make a striped baby quilt" as this is something I already know how to do. Rather, it would be about streamlining my process to greatly decrease production time and learning market best practices to give them a good chance of actually selling in a pretty competitive marketplace. Questions to consider:
Option 2: Learn to Play Phantom of the Opera, Jurassic Park & Star Wars In high school, I taught myself to play reasonably well on my mother's beautiful Baby Grand. I had a repertoire of around ten songs anyway, but my progression got cut short when I moved out and came to learn that most apartments don't come with pianos included [wtf mate?]. I've taken advantage of the last few days off to do some much needed deep cleaning around the house, including my bedroom. In true if-you-give-a-mouse-a-cookie style, this led to a complete rearrangement of our bedroom furniture and the fortuitous rehoming of my sadly neglected keyboard. of I bought this guy some eight/nine years ago back when I had time to myself and money that didn't need to go to after school daycare. And he has gone completely untouched for about half of that time.
Now that he is in sight and in mind once again, I would like to shake off the rust, start playing proficiently again, and even learn some new music that I have always wanted to be able to play. In high school, I was able to finger out the melody to these iconic songs by ear, but specific sheet music was a lot harder to come by back then than it is now and music is not exactly something that comes naturally to me. Questions to Consider:
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Katie Johnson
2/17/2016 02:04:59 pm
This seems like a tough choice! They are both good realistic options that involve an element of play and making. It's good that you also are considering resources to use in order to bring in the community aspect of learning from others.
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Kendal Craig
2/17/2016 03:28:39 pm
Hi Mate!
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