hurricane irene graciously celebrated mom's bday by making landfall the day before and knocking out the power in ct for 5 days! poor mom had to spend her bday in the dark! down in philly, bunks and i were lucky to have light, although outside, dark stormy clouds loomed!
i made myself a turkey and apple meatloaf in case i'd be stuck without food, but thankfully, all was well.
during the hurricane, i finished up mom's bday shirt for this year (only a week late this time!). the fabric is this cream cotton with little red flowers all over. i got it 2 years ago when i visited erin in durham, nc!
i used the same pattern as last year's bday shirt, but this time i added a collar and made half-length sleeves with less of a poof (i drafted patterns for both!!). also, i didn't want to make her another ruffled shirt, so i made 2 panels of 1/4 inch pleats on both sides of the button placket. surprisingly not difficult to do, although very tedious. i love the result though. they come out so neat!
mom, modeling the final product:
she asked me to chop off a view of her head. hehehe. here's the back:
she's going to wear it for her first day of school tomorrow with new earrings that i got her in boston!! meanwhile, poor bunks has started shedding (it always starts at his nose!), thus resulting in many restless episodes of mischief-making. 
i set him loose on my barrel of fabric scraps to keep him away from this project so that i could actually finish it. he spent hours atop this barrel digging for buried treasure about which only he knew, hehehehe
love this bunks picture!!! reminds me when i find toby in the laundry basket sitting on top of all the clothes!
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