Cornish Gold at Summer’s End
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Excerpt
Thank
you so much for this chance to share a sneak peek of my newest book! It’s called Cornish
Gold at Summer’s End and continues the adventure of Julianne Rose, who
juggles many plates as a wife, mom, and business owner in the sleepy village of
Ceffylgwyn. The scene below finds
Julianne attempting to sew her children’s Halloween costumes, despite a decided
lack of talent in the seamstress department.
Green felt fabric, draped like an emerald shawl over my sofa's arm, snipped free of its bolt beneath my shears as I cut a winding trail from one side to the other. Bits of it fell off like confetti and landed on the black tulle that was supposed to become a witch's skirt, but which currently was a velvety nest beneath my bare feet.
"What
are these?" My son Heath had discovered the white rubber ball I had sliced
in half — with great difficulty and a bandage on my finger from where the big
shears had slipped once.
"Frog
eyes," I said. "For your costume." Not that this fabric was in any
danger of becoming a costume for a six
year-old at the moment.
Heath
held them in front of his own eyes. "I can't see anything," he
announced.
"Of
course not, silly," I answered. "Look at the pattern's picture."
The one I had bought off Etsy had a smiling kid dressed in a green felt
jumpsuit with a hood, and two white goggly eyes on top. I had drawn Kermit the
Frog pupils on the white rubber with a permanent marker.
"How
come mine doesn't have any way to put it on yet?" asked Sylvia. My
daughter was trying to wrap the tulle around her waist, looking more like a
bandage roll than an eight
year-old witch. Her hat was on the cushy old armchair — a lopsided one that
needed a little more re-enforcement to stand up straight. It came from the
shops, which is why it was better than the broom I was making, which was a
crooked stick with some straw tied at the bottom.
"That's
because I haven't sewn the tulle to that black skirt's elastic waistband
yet," I answered, trying to re-measure my green fabric to be sure it was
the correct size. "Once I do, it will look great with your black
shirt."
Sylvia
looked at the picture by my sewing basket, and I sensed dubiousness in my
daughter's eyes. Unlike her brother, she was old enough to be aware that
mummy's sewing skills lacked a little bit.
Julianne
Rose will never be the brand name of a famous costume designer, even when it
comes to kidswear recycled to make creative clowns and fortune tellers for
Halloween, but, luckily for me, I don't have to make a living at it, just make
two costumes per year for my kids. It's a small price to pay for one
afternoon's fun at the village hall, for the annual costume contest and silly
party that they look forward to for weeks after October begins.
Author Bio – Laura Briggs is the author of several feel-good romance reads, including
the Top 100 Amazon UK seller 'A Wedding in Cornwall'. She has a fondness for
vintage style dresses (especially ones with polka dots), and reads
everything from Jane Austen to modern day mysteries. When she's not writing,
she enjoys spending time with family and friends, caring for her pets,
gardening, and seeing the occasional movie or play.
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