Queens day was a disappointment. There were not many stands to begin with and when it started raining (and it lasted for hours..) lots of people decided to pack up and call it a day. Matthijs and I were not really looking for things and we came home with only a lantern with red glass and some stuff that we had needed to buy in the city for some time.

Spent the rest of the weekend sewing, mostly. I changed the blue dress of my VA character Enid. It had off-shoulder sleeves which prevented me from lifting my arms higher than my shoulders. I took the sleeves off, with Matthijs helping me to find the right places to cut, and put on some shoulder straps. I had to add fabric to the armpits, which were way too low after removing the sleeves, for which I reused the fabric of one of the sleeves.. For the shoulder straps I had to use new fabric, which is slightly darker because it hasn't been worn or washed as much as the dress. Aside from some small things that bother me (a bit of bulging fabric, an untidy hem) I'm happy with it. It took me most of the weekend.

I also started on a new dress, based on a summer dress pattern that I had used once so far. I adjusted it a bit. The pattern has a zipper on the back and the hem is equal length on all sides. I made the back 9 cm longer and transferred the closure to the front. I've yet to decide what kind of closure I'll use: buttons, lacing, hook-and-eyes. It's made from an old rust-brown curtain which frays like h*ll.

I'm also working on a new apron to replace the old one. The old one is made from some kind of wool-ish fabric but when you want to wipe your hands on it you get stuck with fabric fluff. Should've tested that before making something out of it of course. So now I just took a cotton (or something) bed sheet and dyed it off-white with tea. I've yet to sew it together.

I'm still planning to make a belly dance belt and matching top. I hope I'll get around to it before the 9th of this month, that's my next belly dance lesson. Meanwhile I'm trying to make a cord by luceting it, for the closure of my under dress. The last one was suede cord and it snapped after some use. I already am close to a meter length, but I'll need at least 2 meters and probably more.

Some news on the dental part of life. I had an appointment last week on Tuesday, which was just a normal biannual check. Turned out that I have a tiny hole in one of my teeth. Oh noes! The first one in my permanent teeth. It's still very small according to the dentist. It will be filled on the 18th. A taint on my reputation....

Last week was also the week that the cats tried to burn down our house. When I came back from sports (and visiting Musilon) I smelled gas. One of cats had jumped up to the stove and hit one of the knobs, giving it enough turn to let out the gas. Fortunately there was nothing to make a spark. The whole kitchen and living room were reeking of the gas. (I don't want to see the bill...) I quickly aired the whole house. So, now we keep the pipeline closed when we're not cooking.