Did you notice how rainy it's been the last day or so? There are a number of legitimate reasons for this:
1. It's a Bank Holiday Weekend
2. We decided to go camping. Because that guarantees excellent weather, right?
(Photo taken indoors before we left. There are no actual camping photos. That's how wet it was.)
3. The summer skirt that I've been ruminating over since last year is complete bar the hem.
(Photo also taken pre-deluge - although now I look closely, the clouds do appear to be gathering...). Just be grateful it wasn't a sunhat on the sewing machine. Because the last time, that gave rise to one of the worst episodes of flooding in recent memory. Stay dry!
1. It's a Bank Holiday Weekend
2. We decided to go camping. Because that guarantees excellent weather, right?
(Photo taken indoors before we left. There are no actual camping photos. That's how wet it was.)
3. The summer skirt that I've been ruminating over since last year is complete bar the hem.
(Photo also taken pre-deluge - although now I look closely, the clouds do appear to be gathering...). Just be grateful it wasn't a sunhat on the sewing machine. Because the last time, that gave rise to one of the worst episodes of flooding in recent memory. Stay dry!
funny, it's been completely raining on our holiday, too.
(and i just finished a skirt - yours is way cute!)
Posted by: kirsten | 27 May 2008 at 02:21
Hiya
Cool blog. if its ok with you I've added you to my inspirational blog sites. Oh and its raining here as well.
Oge
Posted by: oge | 27 May 2008 at 03:14
Yeah, raining can make or break a camping trip.
Your skirt is Lovely.
Posted by: Tamara | 27 May 2008 at 04:17
Go right ahead with that sunhat - after yesterday I am not sure there is any rain left.
Posted by: Alice C | 27 May 2008 at 07:07
Was rather a wash out wasn't it! Soggy camping can't be much fun!
Posted by: Gemma | 27 May 2008 at 08:44
... you know... I was thinking about you... when I was sitting nice and warm near the fire, knitting...
Posted by: monica | 27 May 2008 at 08:50
Hmmm, It's been lovely hasn't it! Hope the rain didn't spoil the camping too much :)
Posted by: asti | 27 May 2008 at 10:39
there simply cannot be a bank holiday weekend in the uk without rain, it's the law ; )
very brave of you all to go camping!
Posted by: lucykate crafts... | 27 May 2008 at 11:55
We got a few drops this morning but it's never very much sadly! I love your skirt - you always choose such lovely fabric for your clothes.
Posted by: Louise | 27 May 2008 at 12:20
What a shame about the rain in conjunction with your camping trip. I do love your skirt, the fabric is really wonderful and the colors look great.
Posted by: June | 27 May 2008 at 14:46
LOVE the skirt! It's beautiful. Nice work. Great fabric.
It rained here this holiday weekend to. No camping trips to ruin though. My husband's rewiring nearly the entire house, so he hasn't seen the light of day in 24 hours anyway (just bought a house in Feb and now discover that it's wired with the old "knob & tube" wiring that is a HUGE fire hazard! Anyway...). Hope your next camping adventure is less soggy.
Posted by: Feather Nester | 27 May 2008 at 15:12
Perhaps if we all buy thermals the sun will come out?!
Posted by: French Knots | 27 May 2008 at 15:29
aha, so it was your fault!
Posted by: dragonfly | 27 May 2008 at 15:41
What a washout! I have just wanted to hibernate this past weekend.
Posted by: simone | 27 May 2008 at 17:15
Cute skirt. Did you use a pattern or just eyeball it?
Posted by: Dallas | 27 May 2008 at 18:33
Oh no Bank Holiday camping in this country is always a recipe for disaster, hope you were able to enjoy a teeny weeny bit of it. Not much fun when everything is wet though. The skirt looks great though, if that's any compensation
Kimx
PS I must be lucky with peonies, I've planted two over the past couple of years and both have bloomed the following year. I think it makes up for the rest of the garden which the snails are slowly devouring!
Posted by: Kim | 27 May 2008 at 18:34
You must have been camping far from Eastbourne because it has been relatively dry here. Hope it was fun anyway!
Posted by: dottycookie | 27 May 2008 at 18:43
Wasn't the weather just dreadful - love that skirt!
Posted by: rebecca | 27 May 2008 at 20:01
Oh no. This is just unfair. I hope you didn't let the weather spoil your trip and still made the best of it.
Posted by: seemownay | 27 May 2008 at 20:08
Gorgeous skirt - I really love the fabric. I actually quite like camping in the rain as I like lying in my sleeping bag all cozy listening to it on the canvas. It is more fun in the sun though!
Cathy X
Posted by: Cathy | 27 May 2008 at 21:46
You were camping on Monday? :-O Oh my ... wasn't it horrible?
The skirt is gorgeous! x
Posted by: Kitty | 28 May 2008 at 09:21
Camping on a bank holiday... asking for trouble! I love the skirt (great fabric) and think it will look fantastic with wellies.
Posted by: Gina | 28 May 2008 at 11:47
Oh no - I'm not a fan of camping in the rain. Love the skirt.
Posted by: Kte | 28 May 2008 at 11:52
well the skirt is lovely, but the weather always lets us down, although we managed to get a bbq going this bank holiday so it was'nt a complete wash out.
Posted by: fools gold | 28 May 2008 at 16:27
lovely skirt, beautiful colours, and how snuggly does your little chap look in his sleeping bag?!
Posted by: anna | 28 May 2008 at 16:43
Is it okay to say that in the so called frozen north east of England we had a humdinger of a bank holiday weekend - spent it in the garden :)
Posted by: gillie | 28 May 2008 at 22:38
I think the sun is peeping through here today!!
Posted by: Thimbleina | 29 May 2008 at 15:52
In my experience, even the suggestion of camping is enough to bring on the bad weather. When I was at school our Year 10 camp to an area in the north of Western Australia coincided with a cyclone deciding to come ashore. The area was fast moving through the alert colours by the time the teachers decided to evacuate us.
I don't like to camp much nowadays.
Posted by: Fairlie | 30 May 2008 at 05:46
Rain and bank holidays always go hand in hand, we were lucky and had sun fo once. Lovely skirt
Lisa x
Posted by: periwinkle | 30 May 2008 at 08:37
In awe of anyone who goes camping. Love the skirt. Will find out how far abingdon is from me as that sounds fab
Posted by: Joanna | 30 May 2008 at 16:21