I’ve realized in the past little while that I’m really not a skirt person. I love dresses, but somehow skirts always make me feel chopped in half and honestly a bit frumpy. But I AM a shorts person. And yet only own one pair of non-athletic shorts that I wear on a consistent basis. So I wanted to make some…
So, this all started off as an idea for a dress. I was going to use the In The Folds/Peppermint Peplum Top pattern (it’s free!) as the basis, but instead of the peplum I would do a longer, fuller, gathered skirt. I measured from the waist seam of the peplum top I’d already made from this pattern (see May 23)…
I’m writing this post from back in Nova Scotia, where it is pretty misty and grey out. It’s been kind of weird having it be so humid and warm, since I left right around the time that actual summer weather was starting and came from a place that was definitely not as warm! My flight yesterday didn’t leave until the…
I didn’t realize until I settled in this evening how many things I did today! I think it’s because on the south coast, so many things are packed in so close together that there isn’t nearly as much driving to do between pit stops. I started the day at the Reynisfjara beach, which has the black sand that Iceland is…
On my third full day in Iceland, I started off at Fjaðrárgljúfur, a 100m deep canyon that stretches for 2km. It was only 2km behind the guesthouse I stayed at the night before, which is kind of one of those things in Iceland I’ve found – there are always breathtaking places just hidden around the corner that you might miss…
