Time For a Good Lie In

It's a rainy Sunday, a perfect day to crawl back into bed and read/peruse my new pattern design book that I got yesterday.  After my trip to New Zealand, I got a small but tenacious cold that has been dogging me all week.  I had to work then go to Mira's Mother-Daughter dinner so I couldn't give in to the stuffy head and just sleep it off like I normally would do.  I didn't feel actually sick enough to call in sick or even to collapse into bed when I came home after a full day of work.  Instead, I would watch TV and drink a whiskey (that I got at the duty free) and tell myself that that was the best medicine for me.

Mira's dorm room with the quilt that I made her

                           

a little blurry and I need a haircut, but a pretty cute picture

my new book and the yarn I  bought to knit a lace shawl (next on the list)

                         

some of the gorgeous designs inside

Mira asked me to meet her during the day Saturday to go shopping in Newtown.  She needed a dress to wear to Florence and the Machine this coming week.  We had lunch at Luxe cafe and went into every store on King Street.  We finally found two black, really cute, modified vintage dresses that were quite cheap, so I made her get both of them. She wore one to the dinner last night and we matched with me in my black tweed dress that I got last year at Banana Republic.  Mira said that I was the most stylish mom there.  Isn't she sweet?  I actually did wear stockings and heels and my beautiful necklace that Sharon made me.

Anyway, while we were shopping, we went into a paper/book store where they had several books on textiles.  I couldn't resist the one called Print and Pattern.  It is like a textile bible or roadmap - a font of information and inspiration!  I got Mira an early birthday present of a book on the history of hats.  How fun is that?  She was very excited, especially since it was on special for $15.

I have so many ideas lately that I have to write a list because I can't do them all at once.  It feels good to have my brain working creatively again.  I even had a great idea for my manager at work.  I told her she should open her own high style boutique where she could demonstrate and sell fabric and paper craft products and combine it with event planning/stylist services.  Isn't that a great idea?  She could be like a young Martha Stewart, only cooler.  I even had an idea for the name of it, but I am not going to say in case she actually decides to do it.  You might be thinking, "Sheila, why don't you do it yourself"? I have too many ideas and I can't do them all but I might end up with something like that, combining design and styling.

For today, I am going to make some little stitches here and there on various projects, and I am going to actually get cozy with my book under the covers and listen to the sound of the rain.

(p.s. Mira requests that I tell everyone that the One Direction poster over her bed was put there as a joke by her roommate. She is not actually a fan)