Hey peeps. I’ve been road tripping since I saw you last. The mister and I enjoyed a gloriously sunny long weekend in The Okanagan Valley. We toured some vineyards tasting rooms, dined al fresco, and had a lovely little holiday. Ah, a glass of wine, a good book, and sunshine…bliss for us both. So…you know how it is when your brain locks onto something that’s not necessarily the right thing? Tell me you do. It could be a name of a colleague, or the pronunciation of a word, or an answer in a crossword. Okay, okay, you know how I poke along with The New York Times weekend crossword. Well, this one clue had my brain’s database locked on the wrong answer. The clue went like this…Modern-day capital that King David ordered besieged..A five letter word that begins with A and ends with N…well, duh, AKRON, Ohio. What? Not a capital city? Hmmmm…and yes I do see…there is that pesky business about King David ordering it besieged. Probably did not happen in the good ‘ol US of A. Yet could I get Akron (Ohio) out of my mind? Nuh-uh. Finally, after solving another word resulting in a letter M, my brain shifted gears and told me Amman, (and lest you think I’m smart; if you’ve done ten or more NY Times crossword puzzles, you’ve had Amman as an answer at least twice.) Anyhoo, this all led to much pondering of the magical workings of the human brain, and…TA DA…me locking my keys in my car today. Seriously? Yep! Now, let’s move on, shall we… My shirt today is a me-made. It’s definitely beginning to feel like fall here in Vancouver, and although I’m not ready for bulky layers, long sleeves and covered tootsies are welcome. When I met with Silvia from Sewing Princess, she very generously gave me a copy of the September issue of La Mia Boutique. It’s an Italian sewing magazine, complete with stylish patterns, it is Italian after all. And it is in Italian. Yup! Limited instructions, all in Italian, a language of which I have zero skills…unless words like ravioli, it’s cousins, and vino qualify. Now, I’m like a lot of you…I barely glance at the instructions included in my patterns, but weirdly, I was suddenly feeling like I was flying without a net. So…I chose to sew a shirt, a camicia, partly because … Continue reading LA MIA BOUTIQUE 09/2014 CAMICIA 02