Ancient pyjamas

Today I finished something that had been languishing in the UFO zone for about the last 17 years! I was making a pair of pyjamas for my son when he was a teenager. I think I finished the trousers but never got around to making buttonholes or sewing on the buttons on the jacket. That was all that was needed to be done! Well, I finally did them and I now have a comfortable and warm, dark- turquoisey shirt for slobbing around the house in or maybe for putting a belt on and wearing for work. I'm quite pleased with it anyway and it's very satisfying to finish something that has waited so long to be completed. I also finished a scarf, which has waited five years to have its ends sewn in- a mere stripling compared to the shirt!

Then I went on to give myself backache by making great inroads into the Prague skirt, as it will always be known. We spent a few days in Prague this summer and loved the place. I have lots of pictures and memories but I'm not big on souvenirs (there was a lot of tourist tat there) so I bought a remnant of purple/green wool mix boucle fabric from a department store (which had run out of things to sell by the fourth floor). The skirt is looking good with only the yoke to finish, zip to insert and hem to turn up. Maybe eventually I'll get around to putting up pictures and doing proper reviews!

It will be my last free Monday for a while (apart from next week which is half term!) so I thought I'd make the most of it but now I need a soak in the bath and maybe some Ibuprofen.