......It's not surprising--it usually slows down a lot during the
summer, especially during sunny weekends.
Somebody say something! :-)
Yeah, you know how hard it is to convince someone--anyone--to pin a
hem for you when the weather is this good? :P
No, but I can just imagine. Heck, I have a hard time working up the
interest to do my *own* hemming when the weather is this good. :-)
No problem! Just do what we do here in Canberra, and take the
hemming/sewing outdoors! Find a flat place/patio under a nice tree
that's still colorful, but hasn't yet dropped those gorgeous leaves,
especially if there are a few late-blooming flowers nearby, and you
can't ask for better. My roses are still blooming like crazy, even
after the few nights of light frost we've had recently; although my
birches are already looking a little winter-forlorn, having dropped
just about all their leaves. Sadly, I had to prune a lot of
already-budding branches off of my winter-blooming grevillea shrub this
past week.
I wish I could follow my own advice today, but I'm stuck indoors with a
sinus infection (possibly the flu as well). Maybe next week -- I have
two 16C Italian dresses needing hems. Though we really need rain, I'll
take warm, gentle sunshine if that's all that's offered! (And it's all
that's been offered for over a week now!)
Weather like this is a good argument for having truly portable sewing
kits and beautiful garden pavilions.
Beth, ex-pat New Jerseyan, now settled in Canberra, Australia
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