Pattern

 

I found this soap dish at Home Goods. And I stared at it for a long time because I think it may be the basis for my little side table. It was $6.99 and I was about to buy it when I remembered I had my camera with me. 

The edge is a pretty spring green and the red is a little richer. But I mostly just wanted the pattern. 

I also bought chocolate. Which I needed to get my kids to leave. They had giant stuffed puppy dogs. And they wanted to play. Or so I was told.

Santa, baby...

After I read that you can use a Xerox to make iron-on embroidery patterns, I went nuts looking for cool, free patterns. And I found this one. She offers one a month and this is part of a christmas set.

So I printed out a bunch of great patterns and went to a copy store, copied the patterns, chased my kids. Got home, and was disappointed. It barely shows up. Maybe I needed to darken the copy, I don't know. It just didn't work. Too faint to see any pattern.

Then I discovered that Sulky makes markers that are iron-on transferable. But, as usual, it's a weird item I'll never find in a store. Unless you're me and friends with the UNIVERSE! Then you walk in a local sewing store, and there it is, one black iron-on marker, waiting for me.

So I taped my patterns to the window and traced it to tracing paper. And it worked! There are definitely some tricks, but it's the best thing I've tried so far.