Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence.
Just finished The Best of Everything and still thinking about it. By the way, have any of you seen the movie? I'll write about the book once I'm finished processing it in my mind. It was one of these books that you accidentally end up reading in just the right timing.
What are you reading right now?
So how was your Mother's day?
By us everything was as usual, because in Israel Mother's Day is celebrated in February (and has recently been re-named Family Day. Don't mothers deserve a day of their own?). I did try to make it a little special by buying my mom a book, and before Chanoch went to bed we watched Annie together. I remember watching it with my parents when I was around his age, and the movie's charm still holds 20+ years later...
Talking about the eighties, I finished cutting McCall's 5473, and dubbed it the Power Skirt. Remember those days, when every noun had a "power" to enhance it? Power Walks, Power Talks, Power Couples, Power Lunches, Power Suits... So why not a Power Skirt? The PS is made from a scrumptious wool-silk blend (with some stretch, apparently), that I bought months ago. It's from a seller who gets fabric remnants from Italian mills, and so I got 2.50 meters for 55 ILS, which is about 10 dollars. Now I only need to sew it, and I'm debating whether to make a half lining.
Today was also the first day of Kids Clothes Week, in which I'll be dedicating at least an hour a day for sewing clothes for Chanoch (and maybe my sisters, they are still considered kids!). Check out the button at the sidebar for more information. I started by tracing patterns for a vest and shorts from the 3/2009 issue of Ottobre Magazine. I planned to sew them 2 months ago, for Passover, but I never got to it. Isn't the boy in the magazine cute? I called this outfit The Macaron because that's what he's holding in the picture and that's what I want to eat now...
Good night, friends. Please check back tomorrow for a post on weight and fit (and an update on the Oprah Dress) and our regular Monday Morning Coffee.
