Been a Long, Busy Day
As usual on a weekend, it started with a trip to Dover for breakfast with a friend of ours, then yard-sale-ing (is there a really good spelling for that, I wonder) and a trip to Wal-Mart for dog biscuits and fabric for a couple of tunics.
The fabrics I got, with advice from Mr. E, are a small dark-blue-and green, and a dark wine plaid. I’m not normally that fond of plaids, but these should look okay, and it is hard to get flannel in anything else, darn it.
As for the yard sales, Mr. E found several items, though I’m not too sure all of the ones that should work actually do. I didn’t find as much, but I did get a couple of pairs of slacks (medium blue light corduroy, and light blue I’m-not-sure) that actually fit when I got them home. I took the length on them and got them pinned ready to hem, then impatience took over, so I cut out the dark-wine tunic, and have it almost ready for the hand-work part of the job. I haven’t made any garments in a long time — not since Home Ec class, if I recall correctly. Oh, except for a very full cloak I made for my SF costume(s) at assorted conventions. (Basic black is quite versatile, thank heavens!)
