I honestly think you should make more mistakes

lessons learned from failing at making clothes for myself

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Failure? Me?!

I think often about how many projects that I have failed at making. Videos started, garments half done. Recently, while cleaning out a closet, I was confronted with these relics. These demons of my sewing past. A vest made from a pottery barn blanket that I dyed chartreuse, that is so boxy it would be better suited for Wreck-It-Ralph. A red shirt made from a blanket with only half of one sleeve attached because I started tearing up when I realized I had cut out the pattern pieces incorrectly. I guess these mistakes are just part of the process. I guess my imperfections are something that I will have to deal with. I guess I am flawed and should, at some point, reflect on my own shortcomings. I would rather show you the glamorous makes where I stuck the landing. I would rather portray myself as a professional and pioneer. Blah Blah Blah.