S3 - day 12

Hard to say whether this dress, or the cornflower blue ikat one, is my favorite of the new batch. The grey on black polkadots are an irregular pattern; the fabric reminds me of old Marimekko, but is actually quilting cotton. Some sewing "experts" say that it is inappropriate to use quilting fabric for clothing, but that is not a rule for me - if a fabric has a pleasant hand, not too crunchy, and color and pattern that work with the other things in my closet, who cares what original purpose was intended.

Since the dress is quite dark, the porcelain key pendant really stands out. It's an artistic trinket that I found at Tilde and wear very simply, on a strand of skinny dark bronze plumbers chain. The notional haberdashery earrings just seemed to be the right things to go with. While they actually match my button crown, it was too sunny a day to forgo a sunhat, so the crown stayed on the shelf at home. There is a great desire on my part to make a new pendant of some sort in all the cream/white/taupe/dark bronze colors, the idea is still coming into focus, but maybe with some sketching it will become clearer. Well that, and possibly a rummage through the various salvaged bits and baubles for inspiration...

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Looks like the tiny pickling cucumbers (that are a real favorite here at Acorn Cottage) are done for the year, there weren't any at the farmers market today. Maybe next year it will be possible to try growing my own. This is a week with a modicum of food-processing scheduled. Three bunches of golden beets are going to turn into gold coin pickles, and some of the frozen plums will become plum sauce, just in time for this month CanJam. There are many more vegetable moments here these days; since forgoing grain-food meals have become slightly random. I can't help but mention how incredibly wonderful the steamed fresh green beans were, not a standard breakfast, but they were actually incredibly sweet, with an almost maple-y flavor

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Next Sunday, the 19th, is September Crafternoon - anyone want to come over and play? I might dig out a bunch of crayons and colored pencils and paints and we can have fun. Of course, it could be textiles and tea and tasty snacks as usual instead... And the weekend after that (24th - 26th) will be a cloisonné workshop. There is one person already signed up, so if you've been waiting for cooler weather to come play with enamel, this is a good time.

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Between the housecleaning jobs, there is quite a bit of creative work for me also coming up. Sketching for some possible new pendants, working on a set of piped cushion covers for a rocking chair, finishing up the test knit Double Moebius Cowl, and making some new pinafore/jumpers for myself. Hi-ho, time to get off the computer and do stuff...