#anyway the other books were good and interesting 😄 I learned a lot about different types of fabric for example

[running-in-the-dark]

this is the first time I've picked up a new hobby (sewing) since having access to a library again, and oh my god it's sooo nice. it definitely hasn't stopped me from making stupid purchases, but I've borrowed sooo many books on sewing! it's so nice to look through them without feeling rushed in a store, or only having a few pages available online, or, more realistically for me, trying to learn everything from YouTube videos. I've found a couple that I like enough that I want to buy them (second hand), and a lot that have a few helpful tips that I've written down but overall aren't that useful.

and then there was one that was about making new things from used clothes... cool concept, awful execution. if a 10 year old kid had made the things in this book they would have been "nice". but a grown woman made them and got someone to publish a book about them. fascinating! I don't understand it but it's fascinating.