Dianne and I
have started inviting people to join us on the first Wednesday of each month
for an adventure. We’re starting on April 5th with a visit to the
Museum of Anthropology and tea afterwards. And at the tea, we’ll decide where
to go in May.
Wednesday
morning I made the final folds in the doily dress. (See above.) It’s made in
sections of watercolour paper that I’ll fuse before applying black tissue
paper. Then I’ll build the bodice. It’s flat; it has no folds, only pleats.
Over that goes the “lace” detail that I’m doing with doilies. I’ll trim the
skirt and then do the decorative lace work on the bodice and over the
shoulders.
To all that, I
will add an apron as this is a dress-to-impress waitress uniform.
Before My visit with Ivan and Peter
I was very
nervous that two strangers were coming to see my dresses today — at least I
have met Peter before. This whole thing was Peter’s idea. I got canapés from
Meinhardt’s and cakes. I had potato chips that I love to have with champagne
and I had real champagne. All the accouterments were to “compensate” for any
disappointment in my dresses.
No. I am not a
confident person. However, I know people are polite and I will get through
this.
After My visit with Ivan and Peter
I celebrated
with a huge piece of chocolate cake.
They were here
for an hour. By chance, they arrived together and I liked that. Ivan, the guest
expert, put me at ease right away. He is very sweet and exactly my age. They
were not interested in the food at all, or the wine. They were both very taken
with my dresses and very complimentary. I was quite astonished; Ivan wants to
produce my play and host an exhibition of my dresses at Hycroft (the University
Women’s Club).
So I put my
feet up and had the cake and an extra glass of champagne. Then I had a migraine
and felt very fragile for the rest of the night — so overcome, I went to bed at eight PM.
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