This week has been a bit of a strange one.

Sort of a “week in waiting”.

It’s the week after back from holidays, the week before back to school. And as such it has provoked rather a lot of “sorting out”.

Firstly, there was all the holiday unpacking / washing to do. Never a fun thing.

And we have a plumber coming to fix a leak, which required sorting out the kitchen.

And then there was the matter of reacquainting myself with my blog. Like any exercise paused for a holiday, it was a bit of a strain getting back into it again.

Which was made infinitely harder by my website deciding to crash for some unknown reason.

With my basic level of knowledge, I am dependent upon others to help me sort this out whenever it happens. And unfortunately my web host was not very accessible, leaving me queueing for hours to get to talk to them.

And then, I thought I’d got it all sorted and said bye bye, when I realised that none of the links on my site worked any more. Sob.

Anyway, that’s now sorted too. At last.

I did a bit of sorting out of my wardrobe too –  I returned to my linen shirt and added a bit more prettiness to it.

I used the same method as before:

– draw around the pocket onto tracing paper adding a seam allowance
– cut out new pockets from a stained, embroidered tablecloth
– tuck seam allowance under and press
– pin in place and sew on

I hand-stitched the top edge, so as to not have to remove the existing pockets from the shirt first. Because I’m lazy like that.

The cloth I used for the pockets is a slightly creamier colour than the shirt itself.

And I do wonder whether those particular flowers look – just a teensy bit – nipple-ish.

But generally, I think I’m sorted. ♥