I really wish I'd clocked the hours it took me for this. (photo heavy)

[ldkeesee]

Wow! You did an amazing job. Lucky boy. Handmade always better.

[Larissa]

Thanks so much!

[Larissa]

Hey, serious props to those of you who regularly develop and sell your sewing patterns.  I drafted instructions for this sucker and forwarded them, the patterns, and photos of each page to a friend who's a fairly new sewer to check for clarity, and by tonight I should be uploading the whole shebang to the Reef Botanicals HAFshop for sale.  The pdf is TWENTY-NINE PAGES!

Wow.  And it's really not easy to write clear instructions.  I tried to have E read them, but got "what's topstitch?" And "what's a seam allowance?" so I sent it to the friend instead.  Sigh.  Her "payment" is that she gets the info, which is good because she has someone she wants to make it for.

[dahlish]

Writing patterns is a pain in the butt.  A few years ago I wrote a pattern for fingerless mittens that I sent to a friend to test and we both agreed that for the most part you have to 'dumb down' some things just so it's clear.  I can't expect everybody to know what my mumbo jumbo means

[Larissa]

It's up in the HAFshop!!

http://handmadeartistsshop.com/product-details/Patterns/Tutorials%20&%20Kits%20/Sewing/Busy%20Book%20pdf%20Instructions%20and%20Pattern/?pid=20111230002623a6f75

[LisaE]

Glad the gifts were such a success.  Love the mental image of a child sleeping with a dolphin crayon.  The busy book will, I am sure, give him lasting enjoyment.  I google +'d it.

[Larissa]

Glad the gifts were such a success.  Love the mental image of a child sleeping with a dolphin crayon.  The busy book will, I am sure, give him lasting enjoyment.  I google +'d it.

Thanks!!