As if the heat wasn't enough, we must now suffer the white/grey smoke (yes, picture me saying this in a whining voice). Of course, it goes hand in hand here, the hot temps and then the smoke----hot temperatures often create one of two things: human lapses in judgement or mother nature wielding a lightning bolt. Both of them spark fires. Whichever is the cause, we now have the fire's smoke blanketing the land...
I retreated to my sewing machine today and produced a white linen shirt for my daughter. Ah, linen... It's so refreshing in summer. Though for me, linen is a favorite all year long----it's a convergence of both refinery and simplicity woven together.
I planned on embroidering her blouse and my daughter requested a mushroom. I'll admit I'm a little "over" my mushroom phase but "ask and you shall receive" was in order today.
She likes her new linen blouse. Especially after observing (Or coveting--- Are we to that phase yet?) my absolute favorite linen shirt that I've been wearing day after day recently. My shirt is not handmade-----it's from the clearance rack at J. Jill. I would LOVE to reproduce this blouse's cut and design-----a little femininity mixed with a little utility----one day I just might do it when I'm feeling a bit more adventurous...
But not today. Today, I used my old stand-bye pattern Simplicity #4589 . In fact, if any of you have used this pattern, please post your finished photos to my Flickr group: Simplicity 4589... I would love it if you shared!
The smoke won't be leaving anytime soon---perhaps more sewing is in my future!
