“What’s homecoming?”

Such questions are common among homeschoolers.

Ula’s boyfriend Jack, who’s a senior at Cobleskill-Richmondville,  asked her to go the dance with him. He explained that it was semi-formal.

Say no more.

Ula had 2 weeks to work out what to wear.

So it began with rummaging through her scrap fabric heap and extracting a set of old curtains she’d bought a while back at a thrift store.

And then she began draping and drawing, cutting and sewing, then ripping stitches, redesigning and sewing again.

While a homecoming dance may not seem like an educational endeavor, per say, there’s no doubt that this one was.  It was a challenge for Ula to design and sew a dress with a tight deadline, and then a fascinating anthropological experience to attend a REAL American high school dance.  Her observations of the experience are fascinating.  I’m not going to write them here.  You’ll have to drop by the cafe on Saturday and ask her to tell you about it.  Here’s a pic I snapped as they were headed off on the big adventure.  Some of you might recognize Jack from the cafe, where he’s becoming indispensable.

They had a blast (Seriously?!  I didn’t know that was possible at a homecoming dance…speaking from my own experience  🙄).