On 9/3/2010 10:57 PM, mirjam wrote:
I am very busy trying to sew up a new summer wardrobe ( we wear summer
clothes right until the end of October here in the Big Easy). I have
sufficient dressy clothes, but, having been sick off and on for quite a
while, my everyday clothes are all falling apart.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans

Olwyn Mary
i wish you HEALTH HEALTH AND MORE HEALTH
i hope you enjoy sewing , i do not know if you wear skirts ?
I do , and i enjoy making skirts with matching shirts ,,,,
mirjam


Hi Mirjam, thank you for the good wishes.

I wear whatever the occasion seems to call for. Sometimes it is a
skirt, sometimes not. Lately I have been making several pairs of loose,
flowing, wide pants out of rayon challis. Nice and airy in hot weather,
but able to stop the draft when I go into an overly air conditioned
building. Yes, I have been making tops to go with them. Next, I need
to make some winter weight pants (about the weight I called summer pants
in England) plus some vests - waistcoats - to go with the existing
skirts and blouses. I have also been making some hats - small, compact,
but covering my head in the sun. Mostly straw hats so far, but I have
patterns for some canvas ones and some satin ones for dressier
occasions, when I want a hat but my very large ones would not be
appropriate.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans