Simple Sketchbook Short

It's the last day of summer and I'm about to sew myself a summer dress, but thought I'd sneak in a quick blog post first.

Not much to say about these shorts: Oliver + S Sketchbook shorts size 8, but the boy's modelling cracked me up enough that they warranted a blog post of their own.

I'm on a kick to use up the fabric in my stash, especially the smaller remnant pieces and this little bit of fabric was a left over from this dress (now too big and handed on so no chance of accidental matchy-matchy).

The fabric is a kind of twill with a pale blue shot effect. It's as thick as a light denim, is gorgeously soft and has a kind of peach silk texture. Needless to say he loves it!

I recently found an old knotted friendship bracelet that I'd made myself in high school. It was knotted on and I wore it continuously for maybe about 4 years before I got to the point at university where I had to scrub for surgery and then it needed to be cut off. The kids were fascinated by it, and by how long I'd worn it - there are specks of Mission Brown house paint on it where I painted the external timbers on our family home and it really tells a lot of stories.

Anyway, both kids had chickenpox last year. They're vaccinated of course, so I had healthy, well, bored and quarantined kids needing to be amused. I taught them how to do simple vertical half hitches and the friendship bracelet craze was reignited. We didn't think it would last past the first day of school as they have a uniform/dress code that prohibits jewellery, but it's hanging in there unnoticed so far.

A nice accessory when you've already (already!!) outgrown the sleeves on your Buttoned-Up Button Down shirt.

Anyway, the shorts: They got some topstitching in pale blue thread to match the shot weave and that's about all there is to say. It's nice to see him in some colour (that's not leopard print ;) ).