I was going to make a start on a new shirt today, but the weather is forecast to be in the high twenties for the next few days and I decided that what I really needed was more shorts, so I spent the day squeezing a pair out of what I was pleased to discover was just enough leftover dark teal cotton twill. (And when I say "just enough", I mean that the first fold of one of the hems is a bit wobbly because there wasn't quite enough fabric, and I had to sew up a cut into the edge of one of the pieces, fortunately mostly in the seam allowance, because there was no flexibility at all.)



I never used to wear shorts, except maybe for exercise (though I've got more wary of walking in shorts as I worry about ticks), but, having stopped wearing skirts, I found that there was a vacancy for something to wear when it was so hot having my legs covered with trousers is uncomfortable. I suppose I could have gone for cropped trousers instead, but shorts take less fabric and I do often find that I can squeeze them out of leftovers. And actually, I find I rather like them. They are cool and comfortable, and if anyone has a problem with a slightly fat middle-aged woman wearing just over the knee shorts, well, that's on them, not me.