I left the skirt fabric out on the cutting table for a while so I could play with different placement options for aligning the print and laying out the pieces. I am not sure I am completely happy with what I have, but it did seem to be the best option at the time, after several hours, spent in small increments, moving the pieces around on the fabric. After I get the skirt basted together I'll see what I think and then decide if I need to cut the back again, or if this will work. Luckily I have fabric and time.
Otherwise, progress came to a standstill right after the skirt pieces were cut and marked. I prefer to get the cutting done before I start sewing, but the lining will not take long. I can probably get to that by Monday as the weekend is completely filled, although I may break down and sneak off for a little cutting therapy, or even hand-basting therapy.
In the meantime, many things that have been in the negotiation and planning stages for months are suddenly moving forward and I am busy and there is much piling up. Would I have preferred that some of these things happened sooner? of course. But it is what it is.
I am still catching up with the garden, and waiting for some plans and estimates to come back from the landscape designer. I am behind on my work, but other projects and the weather have not always been cooperative. Whatever happens I am way ahead of anything I accomplished over the prior three years.
The lights went out in my sewing room. It was not a circuit problem but a wiring problem, and although I temporarily have light again, that circuit has to be completely rewired as does the entire electrical panel. I knew this would have to be addressed eventually; the problem was finding an electrician willing and able to do it. Admittedly however, I would have preferred that it not happen right now, when so much else is going on. My goal remains reaching a point in our lives where we are not reacting to one problem or another and things just work smoothly. I do actually think I see this place on the horizon, and that is a huge step ahead of where I was not so very long ago.
At the moment, I think I can just relax and enjoy this brief period of calm before the next flurry of activity.