Brown wrap skirt

Last year I posted about several brown fabrics that were on my to-do pile. I used the brown linen to make a wrap skirt. Without a pattern, I just cut the fabric, sew the three pieces together, made the darts and added the belt. But the skirt was rather... dull...so I went and bought a ribbon to liven it up a bit.

I'm happy to say - it works!

Later I added the buttons. And the skirt still needs to be ironed, obviously. 

Reading Agatha Christie

66. POIROT INVESTIGATES (Poirot)
A collection of short stories that show Poirot's "day at the office": he finds a missing husband, a kidnapped prime minister, missing jewellry, a map, naval plans and bonds. But he also helps a thief and describes the only time he failed identifying the murderer.

Memorable quotes:
-"You must not underrate the force of superstition."
-"One must seek the truth within - not without."
-"To work against the law, it would be pleasing, for a change."
-"There are many things not called poison which can kill a man."

Favourite Guest Character: Violet Marsh from the Missing Will
Favourite Stories: The Case of the Missing Will, The Chocolate Box
Mystery: ***
Final Solution: ****
Entertainment: ****
11/15


65. THIRD GIRL (Poirot)
A girl - a third girl - thinks she might have committed a murder. Now Poirot has to solve it - time, place and victim unknown ... A story full of rather unrealistic coincidences, in which Ariadne is knocked unconscious and Poirot learns that he is too old. 

Memorable quotes:
-"... people are never like what you remember them. You make them, as the years go by, more and more the way you wish them to be, and as you think you remember them."
-"Mind you, boys can cause you trouble, too. But girls is more worrying, I think."
-"I might go up in the Whispering Gallery and whisper."

Favourite Guest Character: Dr. Stillingfleet
Mystery: ***
Final Solution: **
Entertainment: **
7/15


64. SPARKLING CYANIDE
Exactly one year after Rosemary dies during a dinner in hotel Luxembourg, the same group gathers at the same table. And again, one of them dies. But did the killer get the right person? The solution can be predicted by anyone who understands group theory and symmetry breaking :-)

Memorable quotes:
-"Frightening, really, how little you might know of a person after living in the same house with them!"
-"She couldn't even listen intelligently."
-"He'd never been able to suffer fools gladly - not even fools with pretty faces."
-"These women who have children when they're over forty never seem to learn any sense."

Favourite Guest Character: Anthony Browne
Mystery: ***
Final Solution: ****
Entertainment: ****
11/15

Ninjago Zane T-shirt

With Ninjago-mania of course came the request to make Ninjago T-shirt. MiniMojcek Nr.1's favourite ninja is Kai and he already has a Kai sweatshirt. So this time the request came to make a Zane costume. The white one. And what can a mother do than fulfill the request.

Zane's emblem is a golden lion. This is a just a rough sketch I made to check the size of lion's head.

 And the finished lion:

 The T-shirt has a fake belt (stitched on the T-shirt, but not all the way so that one can still tie a knot) and a stitched-on thingy at the neck.

 

I'm not quite happy with how the ropes turned out ... hmpf ... Let's just hope that MiniMojcek Nr. 1 likes the shirt.

But perhaps I can correct this the next time: I already have a request for the green ninja.

London Calling

My absence is excused.

 

  

Although I failed to see Mousetrap, I managed to find Seven dials and by pure chance crossed Harley Street.

On my way to Baker street, obviously.