On t-shirt skirts, not being a control freak, etc.Hello, dear friends out there! I hope you are well and that your stems are strong in this
wilty heat that has all our tomatoes keeling over to the ground like drunks.
Speaking of--here's what every photograph of me in Virginia looks like:
Except the ones where you can't see me because I'm inside a bag of potato chips or leaning out of the frame to get a bite of
someone's hot dog. We had a wonderful time--especially after I gave myself over to the chaos of it. Eight cousins is a lot of cousins, and you would definitely not have walked into our condo and thought, "Oh, by mistake I have entered a silent meditation retreat." It was noisy and wild and really, really fun. Also, I kick serious ass at Beyond Balderdash, even if Michael's brother David did actually beat me.
Here's what Ben looked like in sultry, historical Virginia:
And here's
Birdy, looking more like an exhausted little Viking than a Colonial somebody:
The column that will post next Monday tells more about the trip, including Ben's critique of Jamestown's peculiar style of Colonial propaganda. (Have I piqued your curiosity? No?)
Meanwhile, please if you get a chance do read my other new
wondertime columns
here,
here, and
here.
And, onto the important matter of the
Alabama Stitch Book skirt. I have sewed many of them, though I only have photos of
Birdy's and mine. All have been made out of t-shirts
thrifted from the Salvation Army.
The process is called "reverse applique," where you stitch around your design, then cut out the top layer to reveal the layer below. I am addicted to it. If there were photos of me at home, it would look like the top one, only the hand that wasn't holding the beer would be sewing. (Also, please note that in real life, I do not actually look like I have a pair of wee clementines hot-glued where a regular bosom should be.)
Okay. Take care, and send me your zucchini recipes. (Do you like how I sprang that on you right at the end?)
