I am working on the Tulip costumes for Waltz of the Flowers for VDT's Nutcracker, which is coming up fast. There are 12 total. The pastel bodices were existing. I added the leaves and front embellishments and then made 2-layer chiffon circle skirts to draper over purchased super-stiff crinolines. Mixing the chiffon colors to match the bodices was really fun. I love using chiffon layers. Mill Ends has a large selection of colors, thankfully.
This is a busy time for shows, my eldest daughter is in the Fall Festival of Shakespeare at Winningstad theater today (sold out), which is an all day show with 6 schools performing. She is in Much Ado about Nothing. The crowds for these shows are authentic Elizabethan, so there is a lot of very-making and yelling at the action which is pretty great.
I am so excited to see my middle daughter dance in The Portland Ballet's A Midsummer Night's Dream Thanksgiving weekend. There are still tickets available. These shows are always so beautiful and I love going downtown to see her dance at Lincoln Hall at Portland State. it's a fun area to be in and grab dinner.
My youngest is in the Lion King Jr, which is a wonderful family show. All the kids in this production are between 10-14 and are homeschooled. It's put on by Village Home and these shows are so impressive and such a great opportunity for them. Tickets are here! (It's the first weekend of December.)
I just finished Turn of the Screw on audio. I had read it long ago, I think in high school, and remembered almost nothing. It's so creepy, claustrophobic, vague, and ambiguous. To the point where it's almost funny. Especially the ambiguous language. So many unmentionables and allusions to corruption.
Thanks for your suggestions of good audio books. I need to listen to something not creepy, sad, or dark, but at the same time, I am on a classics theme, so that might be hard.
Some of my ideas for Thanksgiving (what to bring to Grammie's):
Pete is making his delicious blackened brussels sprouts.
Okay, time for more sewing!
