It is hot.
Like crazy, face melting off your noggin
hot.
It’s time for road trips, BBQs, gin and
chilling in the shade with a book. Days like this belong in summer…
The reason I bring this up is today was RTW
Day. Nope, not Ready To Wear Day though that would have been rather fine. This
RTW Day is far scarier. It lurks hidden around corners and pounces on
unsuspecting vacationers just as they find their groove with the aforementioned
gin, BBQs and road trips.
This terrifying RTW Day is actually… Return
To Work Day! It’s hideous! So hideous in fact this is what it looked like being
back at work for an hour. It was like I never had left. Bleck.
But the kicker was the temperature today.
I’m a Queensland girl at heart and grew up on the coast. I’m cold if it falls
below 25° and can wear jeans
most of the year. And then today happened. Really, Canberra. RTW Day and you
throw me a 34° after two months of summer trying to even
crack 25°? Blergh. I have never been less prepared for a summer wardrobe than
this year.
As I sat wilting in the office, huddled over
curriculum documents and rocking out to David Bowie it came to me… Summer
sewing time! And here is what I am thinking…
I’m going to knock together a couple of the
Colette Sewing Handbook’s Taffy blouses in various light weight fabrics (I was
already planning this for a Japanese lawn but I also have some left over
wedding dress silk) and then some cotton Beignet in plain colours to mix and
match. Light weight, sassy and professional. Winner!
I got stuck into the first Taffy blouse this
evening and it is moving along rather zestily and I hope to have it finished
for Friday at work. And in the spirit of needing lightweight clothing, I’m
thinking this weekend will be 2012: A
Summer Sewing Odyssey. There will totally be chimps and a building musical
crescendo. Just with less smashing of things and more of bringing me frosty
G&Ts…
So over to y’all- what are your essentials for a
summer wardrobe?
2 comments:
As I'm in the UK my summer wardrobe has to consist of everything from airy, sleeveless dresses (for the two hot days we get) to sweaters and woolly tights!
Oh dear! That weather sounds even less predictable than Canberra. Though more months of wearing tights would be awesome!
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