A Blue Skirt for Housework, Like Canning

One of my go-to housework skirts was really too ratty for wearing outside the house.

So I sewed myself another blue one, this one in a lovely medium-weight cotton chambray from the creative reuse shop. Recently I used some of it as a border for Ben's quilt and realized how lovely it felt.

I used a 1970s pattern for the new skirt.  It was pretty easy to sew, although I think the fabric should be lighter weight to hang better.

I feel like my mom in the 70s - a good, nostalgic feeling.  Just need a farmer hanky over my hair!

Thanks to my husband for the skirt-in-action photos - so much faster than me with the tripod.

I test-drove the skirt by canning pickled beets the first time I wore it.  I'm ready, skirt-wise, for canning season.

By the way, instead of tossing the beet cooking liquid, I just made it up into more pickling brine.  Then I froze it in jars.  I'll use it to make pickled red beet eggs this winter.  Thanks to Rebecca for the idea!  Also, thanks to Rebecca, I composted the beet stems today.  I couldn't figure out how to get them soft without losing their flavor.   Tamar Adler would be disappointed in me.