this moment

{this moment} ~ A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. (joining with SouleMama)

- Jane x

a pencil case, with love

Today Andy starts rehearsals for a Very Large Show. He's directing Leonard Bernstein's Mass for the Adelaide Festival and I'm so proud of him. It's such a fantastic opportunity and he's already been working very hard on it for quite some time. Our whole family is becoming very familiar with the music, which fortunately is fabulous and bears repeat listening!

The score is enormous. To hold his necessarily large collection of highlighter pens, sticky notes and other working paraphernalia, Andy asked me to make him a pencil case. I jumped at the opportunity to use a couple of beautiful fabrics from the stash... and send a little piece of handmade love along for the ride.

 The outside is a heavy almost hessian-like fabric... linen I suppose? I bought it on eBay a while back and it has no selvedge or other clues. I love it and it was definitely waiting to become a bag-ish thing of some sort.

On the inside is some Liberty Tana Lawn, with hundreds of ornate mushrooms. Another one from my (fortunately brief) eBay fabric purchasing phase.

The only zip I had was a salvaged black one but it was in good shape and I think it looks fine. I hope his new pencil case brings Andy extra good vibes for his first day of rehearsal.

If you are in Adelaide and interested in seeing the show, I believe it is selling quickly. And this recording of the music is well worth getting to know.

- Jane x