"Gorey" stuff

The Gores I have mainly been avoiding today...

Winter partlet

Ooh I eyed up some lovely fabric whilst volunteering this week and now I am going to make a madder/pink winter partlet. Partly because the lovely fabric called to me, partly because my "gores" on my Tudor waistcoat are getting me down :)

Such pretty wool. I'm using a wool blanket (100% wool) and some linen for the lining, and some ribbons for ties, I think.

Ribbons: Might make braids but my friend said that putting pink on one side, black on the other, would make really fun linen ribbons when they're tied!

Advice from a US Singer sewing manual from 1949

Still can't remember where I found this but I find it equally hilarious and unsettling. I like to imagine Bear Grylls or similar following these instructions :) Lol!

The Marie Curie TV advert has got it right. #NoChores - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwJEapdvLp0 On Scout camp, there are no chores. Just sitting with cups of tea and encouraging the kids to be independent. 

Je suis plutot les dessins de Penelope Bagieu

(Trans. I'm more like the illustrations of Penelope Bagieu)

Dessin de Penelope Bagieu http://wantit.free.fr/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/paques1.jpg 
Drawing by Penelope Bagieu (French graphic novel artist)
(Speech bubble translation: There's so much rubbish on my desk that I could hide Easter Eggs on it!) 

Et je les ai sur mon bureau, les oeufs de Paques! :-/ Excus d'etre "un creative"
(Trans. And I have creme eggs on my desk! Excuse of "a creative")