I didn't make it to the knitting group yesterday. The day started cloudy and cooler so I got all ready. Then things changed
Too hot to drive and park, for me. Heavy sigh, and I had attached the pockets all ready for the reveal of the batik skirt, oh well.
Two patch pockets, hard to see because the print's so busy, but very useful immediately.
So pleased with this and the return of skirt wearing that I looked around and found this sari silk-lined skirt I got as a remnant ages ago.
The outer layer is all bling, but the lining is not only a nice color, but with some alteration at the waist, will be a handy skirt.
And the remnants of the remnant will go into something else, maybe artist book covers, maybe that latest batch of paper will be a small artist's book. In both senses, since this artist is shrinking, now down to 5'2" from my original towering 5'5".
Since summer is here, I made it official with sun tea
And chopped the peppermint picked by handsome Son, to make a carafe of peppermint black tea
Speaking of summer serving, that ill-fated apricot jam that turned sort of solid has proved to be a lovely crumbly addition to yogurt, honey and walnuts for breakfast
And while I was fumbling about with the upcoming skirt fabric, I looked up to see this natural artwork, afternoon sun through the plants casting a great shadow design
And about skirts, I remembered the charcoal grey fleecy fabric I planned for sweatpants, but now wonder if it's going to be a long skirt instead.
And that gave me another idea about the woven and knitted skirt in progress. Maybe the knitted wedges could be fleece instead of knitted. I'll think about that. There's enough for both skirts.
I can see this skirt is probably going to end up as an organza hand embroidered tiered gown suitable for the opera at this rate of redeciding..
Happy day everyone, when you get an idea use it. There's more where that came from!
You'll notice I've been adding in a human rights flag now and then, with my Ukraine support. That's because both represent brave people under pressure. Least I can do is let them know I'm aware and an ally.
