One more for the circular file

The last outfit, the one I said I was going to keep is already gone.  The off white sleeveless top went through the washer again and this time could not be rescued.  I cut the buttons off and trashed it.  The too baggy shorts got folded and put in the "give away" bag.  On the other hand, the tan print skirt and top have been worn several times and have survived both the washer and dryer and need no pressing.  The top, however, is too long when worn outside the skirt.  Good for around the house but not for out and about.

Under the weather a bit so spent Wednesday copying TNT tissue patterns onto oaktag and staying indoors.  The offspring was ill with a stomach virus so my unease may have been sympatheic psychosomatic or may have been a touch of what he had.  This morning he is much improved and back to normal teenage boy food consumption and so am I, although not the same level of food consumption.  Definitely not.

Indulged in some retail therapy at Fabrics That Go and came home with two yards of a tan/cream cowboy boot print in cotton.  That will make another  top to try out the shortened version of the sleeveless top.  And I pulled a rayon tropical shirt print out of the stash to make another short sleeve shirt.  The camp shirt row in the closet is wearing thin after three shirts went into the trash recently when they failed the "pull" test.  That's where a suspect shirt gets yanked and pulled on over the shoulder blades.  If it rips or tears, it goes into the trash.  If it survives, it goes into the wash.  I have been known to wear a favorite denim shirt until it was so threadbare it split during wearing, thus the "pull" test. 

The Ranger was cleaning culverts over the weekend and stained up a pair of shorts.  The khaki twill intended for the jacket for the 5 Piece Summer Wardrobe has now been cut out as two pair of Land's End knock-off shorts.  Last summer I disassembled a worn out pair of his and copied them in oaktag.  Then I reverse engineered them and learned how to make welt pockets and front slash pockets.  The disassembled pair and the pattern all reside on a pattern hook in the sewing lab waiting for another go 'round.  I will use leftovers from the cowboy print top to make the pocket bags and for the waistband lining.  No need to change the thread on the machine or serger.  Tonight is "Mystery" so some sewing therapy is in order.