I’m still baffled. How did I not think of this? How did nobody tell me about this? Drawing on your hair with a sharpie is brilliant. Permanent, yes, but I’m not the sort of person who gets bored with something every week — and hair grows out! I’ve been drawing stripes on the tips of my dreads to achieve a sort of pheasant-feather look and I’m just flat pleased with how it’s come out.
Great fun as well, drawing on hair. Cheers.
As I said I’d do, I’ve mended my favourite skirt and it’s BACK IN ACTION. Wheeeeeeeeee. I’ve missed you.
I’m very glad to be sewing again. It was terrible that I stopped. Not sure if you can tell, but what I’m wearing over the striped shirt is reconstructed overalls that were sewn last night, and are still a work in progress. I intend for it to be utility-belt-ish when it’s finished.
I forgot how much I loved crust.
I’ve decided to see what happens if I choose to stop getting more clothes. I have much more than anyone practically needs, and most of it I never wear, yet I still end up with more material thanks to my frequent charity shop raids. A significant portion of the walls in my room are covered with them, and they’ve taken over my bed and part of my floor and my closet. It’s no toil at all to simply pick a few well-loved garments and then mend them whenever they tatter. That’s almost precisely what I do now, except illogically I keep collecting more . . .
I seem to have in addition reached some sort of sewing inertia . . . or lack of. I often return from charity shops with clothing intended to be used for its fabric, and then it collects on my walls and is never touched. My easily most loved piece of clothing has been neglected for some time now due to having too many holes (gaping holes, that is — it has ‘holes’ at any given moment). I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve patched it. I have some trousers as well that are worn through layers of patches, and I finally stopped wearing them. I think better that I mend them again, and stop collecting things I don’t need.
I’m going to start sewing again. a lot.
