…poor little thing, this little blog. I haven’t had any time to write or make anything or share anything. My old camera gave up the ghost (this was a $350 fancy shmancy digital back in… 2001 or so) and I had nothing to share. With grad school, as I predicted, I’ve had no time to make anything. My desk is a mountain of paper, most of it probably junk mail and artwork from M’s school, and my sewing machine is under there somewhere, but when will I even find the time to clean it off? Maybe this weekend. But oh yeah, I just signed M up for a free music class on Sundays. Maybe someone else… a magical nanny… will take her. Actually, scratch that, I want to take her, maybe a magical cleaning lady will come and clean my house.
But the big news that’s got me checking in with the blog is that I’ve got a new camera! A good little fancy schmancy digital point and shoot that has all sorts of nifty features and best of all, a really good macro feature! Seriously! For real! (That’s M’s new expression, “for real!” all the time.) I am very excited about this. In addition to keeping some record of my child’s life, I might also be able to take pictures of things I make (even if they’re tiny scraps of projects) and post them. Or, I might actually be able to take nice enough pictures that they might be worth sharing in and of themselves. Wow. I’m getting all geeked out about it like I did when I got my first real camera, a Pentax 35mm, in 8th grade. I love that camera, still do. Maybe I ought to get that out one of these days too.
Here is one of the very very first pictures I took with this new little camera:
I mean, natural light, closeup capabilites, actually clicks when you want it to instead of 2 seconds after. For real.
OH! I actually did make something, though – something very simple – a tweed wrap skirt using the pattern from Sew What Skirts. It turned out great. I actually didn’t sew on the closures yet, I just pinned it shut in 2 places and wore it today and you know what, it looked great! I actually might not sew on the snaps because then it’d be more flexible and forgiving. It’s just got a fringed waist and hemline, it was super easy to make, and it’s a great color, a tweed inbetween gray and taupe. I wore it with black tights and my new black merino turtleneck, and felt pretty dang pulled together.
Ok. So. See you soon, little blog. With more pictures! Really!