Thrifty finds

Doing: Dropping several bags of stuff off at the Salvos, and having a look around while I was there. I came home with two cane baskets, so the girls can have one each to pick their strawberries (they fight over the existing one, LOL), and this women's button up shirt:

It's not for me, although it is pretty, just not my size or style, LOL. I wanted a men's shirt to make a dress for Miss 6 from this tutorial, but I couldn't find any in a suitable colour or pattern. Luckily this one caught my eye on the way out. The pink roses are so pretty and girly-girl, just like they love at the moment:

It has several limitations though: it doesn't have a yoke at the back to use for the bodice, and it is a fitted shirt so there are darts on the back and on the front panels, plus darts under the bust. Hmmm. I think I can unpick the darts though if I can't work out how to incorporate them, and I can possibly use rick rack or ribbon to differentiate the bodice on the front, in lieu of using the yoke? It will be an interesting experiment for me though, as I haven't made a piece of clothing of any description since high school Textile and Design classes, over 20 years ago! And I don't have a pattern! Yikes :-0

Picking: Eggplant, cucumbers, tomatoes.

Dinner: Eggplant bruschetta, using home grown vegetables and yesterday's vienna loaf.

Reading: The latest issue of Gardening Australia magazine.

Contemplating: Where I can get hold of some second-hand ribbon and/ or lace...