Please
Carinthia.xx
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Now techie query
Would this make a nice skirt?
https://www.vibesandscribes.ie/rossmore-cord-cotton-emerald-bay-bright-metre/
I think it would be nice for winter
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Itās absolutely beautiful, Twellsy.
Remember that cord has to go the same way, so your pattern pieces will have to too. On a pattern envelope, thatās the āwith napā option
Decide on the type of skirt you want, & purchase accordingly. The pattern repeat/match is 20.5cm for that, & it is sold by the HALF metre, so do your sums.
Carinthia.xx
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AttaChatelaine! Bottoms up, Dahlink.
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I want a plain A line to the knee with a deep frill round the bottom adding 9" length so it almost reaches my boots
I like busy fabric patterns as they forgive the odd drift off the straight line of sewing
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[champagnity] forran Deserving Chatelaine.
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You will need to measure from your waist to knee, Twellsy, to give you an idea of what will be required, & then add half a metre for a frill.
You will need to pick out plain coloured tops/jackets, otherwise you will look like billowing curtainsā¦
Carinthia.xx
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Well I like just plain long or short sleeved T shirts with a patterned skirt so that should work
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Just one of the many reasons we need The Chatelaine 
Iād want a skirt made of that fabric to be lined, but thatās prolly just me.
A couple of days ago I washeened some clothes. It seemed that a paper tissue had been left inna pocket and we all know what that involves. I washeened another load, today, and with absolutely no chance of tissue incursions we had fibres like ectoplasm all over the ruddy laundry. We presented a united front and sorted it. However - a mystery gobbet of ectoplasm just appeared on the utiddly room floor and Mr Beeās Utter Irritation has reduced me to tears. Laughing, of course. Bad bee, me.
Soo xx
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Surely not ectoplasm from the picnic, Soo?
Proffers Restorative Gin
Carinthia.xx
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May I moan about the weather?
I planned BBQ meals for a day or two
So why do we have a warning for rain rather than the promised heat wave?
The electric BBQ will be deployed I think!
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Oh no! The dread Tissue Goblin strikes again! My laundry was attacked 12 days ago, in London.
Who will be next? until further notice, all Cellarites should exercise extreme caution in and around laundry baskets, washing machines, driers and < spit > ir#ning b#ards.
Wee Bee, this is no laughing matter.
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Potted ectoplasm & beetroot sarnies, that old picnic favourite. Best enjoyed with a lemonade & wasp float.
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I could just fancy a picnic but the Bull hates eating outdoorsā¦
Ah well the dining room is not far from the BBQ and he has learned that BBQ does not equal cold burnt raw food
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The picnic is planned for Thursday, Carinthia.
No, it really izz. There izz nothing else to do with it 
Soo xx
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I have declared an embargo on putting tissues into pockets. Ever, under any circumstances. So far I have been lucky, but I fully expect one to smuggle itself into a wash any day now: these things come in threes.
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Gawds - we must resign ourselves to fine linen hankies being spoiled in the Jeans Wash. Mind, there are worse problems.
Soo xx
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I have more than one slightly blue cotton hanky somewhere ā the size that Scouting For Boys says you can use to make a slingā¦
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ā¦the weapon which, with the copious stocks of stones extracted from horsesā hooves, was the decisive factor in the Scoutsā capture of the Boys Brigade HQ in 1958.
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I was given 3 gorgeous linen white embroidered hankies by the Bullās mama
I treasure them for funerals and weddings
Proper dainty ladiesā size and so pretty
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