Sea and sky and sunset hills inspiration
I’m working ahead on my ‘By The Sea’ Historical Sew Fortnightly items. I’d love to make a fantastic Victorian or Edwardian wool bathing suit, but alas, am making myself be a teeny bit practical and sensible and I’m making two items which both come from stash, and have been on my to-do list for ages and ages. The first is more sea inspired than strictly by-the-sea. I’ve got a wedding to go to this autumn, and haven’t got a suitable dress (really, they are all too formal, or not formal enough, or black or white or scarlet, none of which will do). One evening, out for my walk, thinking of inspiration dresses and trying to decide what to make, I stopped at my favourite outlook for the view. I love the last hour of light in New Zealand in the autumn: it’s one of things that reconciles me to the oncoming winter. The sea calms and goes the most delicious grey-blue, and the hills glow gold with the reflected light. The combination is so distinct, …