Kunigunde
top of escalator
Sunday Morning would be pride parade and late Saturday night I still had not finished my hijab outfit (which hadn't been finished the year before nor is it finished yet). First there were a number of baby quilts to finish and then suddenly long hours at work. As I made progress I continued to encounter unexpected challenges and sometimes had difficulty making a decision for fear of doing it wrong.
I almost decided just to skip out on Pride all together, after all I had put together a pretty good outfit for Summer Solstice and really enjoyed that. I decided though, that I'd kick myself for the rest of the year if I didn't attend, so I started to consider some options. There was the black polka dot office dress, I wore that a few years ago and liked it, though not the picture. I also had a tie-back black dress with floral pattern, which I went to sleep thinking about.
In the morning though, I just wasn't in the mood for it, so I thought why don't I wear a different top with the skirt. I had bought another darker green top which should be perfect for a warm day.
Aaaarrrrggggg!!!! It was way to small, what now?
Now I started seriously looking though all my stuff and was finding nothing I liked, until I came across this 45" square scarf. (I'd totally forgotten I even had it!) I instantly knew that I would be wearing hijab, just not the black outfit I had invisioned. I had not thought of the skirt as part of a hijab outfit until that moment! I guickly went back through my fabrics which include a knit green (blue-green?) sweat pants. I quickly sewed an underscarf, which was too small. If at first you don't succeed... I got it right on the second try. Now I started to be concerned about the time. So I sat down and did the make-up. And then wondered if I had enough time to view a You Tube video again on how to tie the scarf. No, but I'd seen them enough times that I was ready to try. I tied on the underscarf, which fit fabulously. Then I folded the scarf in half and centered it on my head. What if I wore it off center? A quick experiment indicated the point would fall on my shoulder. Hmmm, kind of works, I think, I hope ... I am also out of time, so here goes. I used three safety pins to hold it in place; I was not going experience any "slips"!
I thought stepping out the door in hijab would feel real strange. I was a bit disappointed that it wasn't more exciting. But then off we went to catch the light rail into downtown Seattle.
Alhamdulillah, no stones came flying my way nor were there any insults and I had a great time as you can see from my parade images. Inshallah, I will finish my abaya and wear it somewhere before Pride Parade next year.
Here's me at Summer Solstice www.flickr.com/photos/38427292@N00/5912691411/in/set-7215...
Office dress: www.flickr.com/photos/38427292@N00/222538938/in/set-72157...
Black Floral Dress: www.flickr.com/photos/38427292@N00/1010810497/in/set-7215...
top of escalator
Sunday Morning would be pride parade and late Saturday night I still had not finished my hijab outfit (which hadn't been finished the year before nor is it finished yet). First there were a number of baby quilts to finish and then suddenly long hours at work. As I made progress I continued to encounter unexpected challenges and sometimes had difficulty making a decision for fear of doing it wrong.
I almost decided just to skip out on Pride all together, after all I had put together a pretty good outfit for Summer Solstice and really enjoyed that. I decided though, that I'd kick myself for the rest of the year if I didn't attend, so I started to consider some options. There was the black polka dot office dress, I wore that a few years ago and liked it, though not the picture. I also had a tie-back black dress with floral pattern, which I went to sleep thinking about.
In the morning though, I just wasn't in the mood for it, so I thought why don't I wear a different top with the skirt. I had bought another darker green top which should be perfect for a warm day.
Aaaarrrrggggg!!!! It was way to small, what now?
Now I started seriously looking though all my stuff and was finding nothing I liked, until I came across this 45" square scarf. (I'd totally forgotten I even had it!) I instantly knew that I would be wearing hijab, just not the black outfit I had invisioned. I had not thought of the skirt as part of a hijab outfit until that moment! I guickly went back through my fabrics which include a knit green (blue-green?) sweat pants. I quickly sewed an underscarf, which was too small. If at first you don't succeed... I got it right on the second try. Now I started to be concerned about the time. So I sat down and did the make-up. And then wondered if I had enough time to view a You Tube video again on how to tie the scarf. No, but I'd seen them enough times that I was ready to try. I tied on the underscarf, which fit fabulously. Then I folded the scarf in half and centered it on my head. What if I wore it off center? A quick experiment indicated the point would fall on my shoulder. Hmmm, kind of works, I think, I hope ... I am also out of time, so here goes. I used three safety pins to hold it in place; I was not going experience any "slips"!
I thought stepping out the door in hijab would feel real strange. I was a bit disappointed that it wasn't more exciting. But then off we went to catch the light rail into downtown Seattle.
Alhamdulillah, no stones came flying my way nor were there any insults and I had a great time as you can see from my parade images. Inshallah, I will finish my abaya and wear it somewhere before Pride Parade next year.
Here's me at Summer Solstice www.flickr.com/photos/38427292@N00/5912691411/in/set-7215...
Office dress: www.flickr.com/photos/38427292@N00/222538938/in/set-72157...
Black Floral Dress: www.flickr.com/photos/38427292@N00/1010810497/in/set-7215...