a peek of lace

No emotional meltdowns or wild epiphanies today, just a lot of walking. We walked to Posie's cafe for music time this morning in the Kenton neighborhood, which seems really close when you've only ever driven there, not so much when you are convincing little kids that you are almost there. I kept saying things like, "Seriously isn't lombard like two streets up from rosa parks? This can't be right." So needless to say we rode the train home. The music was great and they were giving out free leftover halloween cupcakes so the boys pretty much loved it. And we found out that Mr. Ben (the guy who plays the music) teaches guitar lessons (starting with the ukulele) to kids age 3 and up, which Finn would love. Another thing to add to the list "things we will spend money on when we have money".


We got home for lunch and with time to spare so I could make myself a slip to wear to work. Another girl who works at Anthro has this amazing vintage slip that has pleated lace at the bottom, just long enough to peak out the bottom of most knee length skirts, so that was the idea for my slip. I had the stretch silk from an earlier pajama project and the lace came from the massive amounts of things I wasn't sure I would use but took from my grandma Weezie's house. It was already cut into long strips that I hemmed and serged to the silk and then topstitched to make it all lay flat. I wore a green dress over the whole thing so you couldn't see the green of the slip but I'm loving the color combination, the cream and the green are perfect for fall. If I can come up with a good top, I might actually wear it as a skirt. These are horrible pictures, I'm sorry to say. Next time I will photograph while I have the outfit still on.