Summer in Full Swing

This last week officially threw us into summer. With temperatures in the upper 80's to mid-90's, it was HOT! It made for a good weekend at the beach and an afternoon at the Ponds with a little cooling off today. That nice cool breeze we got today isn't going to last for long.

I've been doing a lot of looking around for tutorials and patterns for various things and I am dying to make myself a maxi dress. I found a tutorial on one of my go-to sites, Craftsy, and I found this one: How to Sew a Maxi Dress this Summer. My mom sent me this nice flowy fabric and the only issue I'm having with it is how thin it is. I'm hoping that doubling it will work. I hope I can get it done soon so that I can wear it next week when we go to pick up my baby sister and her hubby from the airport. We haven't seen each other (other than Skype a couple of times) for over 3 years and she's visiting for a whole week! But I digress. I wonder if I can sit down and work on this thing tomorrow morning before it gets too hot and we have to leave for little one's dentist appointment.

On the home front of making friends, I think I'm kind of getting better. I had an OK conversation with a neighbor while our kids were playing at our complex park. We talked about the neighborhood school, my soapbox topic of early education, and a few other things. Eventually, it became silent. What else could I say? She just went back to her Kindle and we stayed in silence... I'll get the hang of it...

As for my dress, I think I'll post my own tutorial on this. As I said before, it's going to need some finagling to make it work. I'm trying to take all my projects in stride and as a learning progress. Stay tuned!


UPDATE: No tutorial. It did take me all day to finish it, but it still needed some things done to it. It turns out that I am not as endowed as others, so a set of straps were made and are awaiting placement, as well as some padding to ensure that headlights are not seen. Other than that, I LOVE IT! I am thinking of making a couple more in different colors and with a pattern technique I've found that entails using elastic thread instead of elastic bands. But as with everything else, it will come with time and funds, of which I am short of.