Dress Of The Day with Angela

  My umbrellas often break when I am travelling. I often see discarded umbrellas and pick them up.  Then what do you do with them? I often want to save the fabric, maybe to cover another umbrella whose fabric has got dirty. Re-using Fabric Other people have used the fabric to make a tote bag. You could sew a poncho or hat or raincoat for a doll, or a teddy bear. The Metal Use the wonky umbrella to shelter a picnic. Use the spokes to support plant stems, or as a trellis for climbers (those which are decorative, not for fruit in case you catch your hands on the spikes). Photo Props I use broken umbrellas as photo props. Turn the umbrella so that the broken part is behind your back. If an aquaintance wants to borrow an umbrella from you on a rainy day but you are afraid you will never get it back, you can lend them a broken umbrella for a one way trip from your house to a waiting taxi. While you are stuck at home or in a hotel or quarantine centre after travelling during Covid-19...

  Angela Lansbury, wearing cat scarf, in blue and black and white, cat umbrella

  Angela is wearing a blue and green satin block dress, . She is carrying a black umbrella with cat patten on the fabric and cat head handle (which is right way up when the umbrella is closed. The cat prop is wooden with movable limbs, bought from a motorway service station shop between London and Swanwick (village) Derbyshire.