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a few months ago i saw some fabric and just had to buy some it was so beautiful
i didn’t really know what i was going to do with it but soon my ideas were flowing
i love creating “collages” with lots of things, including fabric— combining the colors, textures, themes and feeling quality of the different prints is so satisfying
at some point during the garment construction i noticed the small coppery circles in the floral design and i got the idea for this to be my lucky penny dress
i have collected lucky pennies for years and have a really big container of them— when i find one i like to think of it as a message from my higher self or a loved one that has crossed over, especially my animal allies
i decided i would create a whole storytelling event from this dress on the theme of luck and fate
i will make a storytelling “collage” with short child length tales and rhymes, songs and finger plays along with a longer, more mature story
i made a penny pouch so i can hand out lucky pennies at the end of the storytelling!
next i have to drill holes in all the pennies i have for each year of my life— i’m sewing birth-21 years around the neckline and the rest around the hem
i have been missing 2 pennies, my birth year and 2021
now just one penny to go!— and i’m gonna feel really lucky when i find it!
find a penny, pick it up, and all day long you’ll have good luck!
