I went to The Workroom in Toronto, looking for something else, of course, and spied a Merchant & Mills pattern (from Britain) for a woman’s boilermaker suit. I had 6 yards of fabric that I had retrieved from my late aunt’s place, that she had bought at, yes, Simpson’s….
…buttons from an old trenchcoat, linings from an old shirt…
…all I was missing was a boiler to make. However, I do have 2 acres, busy with biting insects, that are in constantly call out for sculpting and shaping. So my new suit, materials $0, labour $2,000+, serves the art and beauty of my garden palette.