what I wear

 after a delightful afternoon spent with birthday girlfriend M plus her guests at Fort Vuren, I walked back to my car on the dike along the river Waal

 I cannot wear white, 'cos whenever I do the item of clothing worn will become dirty within minutes: I spill coffee and/or tea, smear the chocolate coated fingers on piece of clothing (this will only happen when wearing white) accidentally brush against the dust covered car door; when my husband is cooking and I happen to venture into the kitchen, the spattering oil will only spatter on me; I once sat in a garden chair and moved it to a sunnier spot - wearing a pair of white linen trousers for the first time - and out of one of the chair's tubes rusty rain water leaked straight onto the trousers, the stain was permanent; if none of the above has occurred the dog will inevitably jump up at me with muddy paws; so I avoid wearing white, but as I do receive bags full of clothing through various channels and some of the items are white and nice, as in, I would like to wear them, I decided to start dyeing the white pieces and either leave them as they are if they fit properly or modify to suit me; a white piece has become the perfect piece as it is literally a blank canvas for me to work on

a hoodie, dyed, no further modifications

long sleeved t-shirt with bird dye result has gone into the dip a second time to enhance the bottom part: much better

tiny weaves on silk shirt I've turned into something I can wear; the tiniest hole I didn't bother to cover, I just stitched running stitch up and down, left-to-right; on a larger hole I did weave the warp/weft where the hole was and onto the third largest hole I added a tiny square of fabric and sewed it with a kind of weave-look 

cream coloured silk shirt size L, bought at Kringloop specifically for Boro class with Jude, dyed with black bean dye, cut sleeves off and turned back and front inside-out because of better markings on the inside, made the whole smaller; patched up small holes with weaves; sewed on two long strips so I could tie it around the hips/waist, added cotton cuffs; along all edges many tiny stitches

 India Flint's Eco Color pointed me in this direction, what I have loved most of all in that book was the fact that the end result didn't have to look finished to be finished; I have gone on to buy another of her books Second Skin, which I'm only starting to discover