Ah…hello my peeps! We’ve got some lovely summer heat happening in Vancouver right now! And lucky me…I had some time off work and was able to sneak away for an impromptu mini holiday for a few days. The mister and I drove up to Whistler to get together with a work colleague of his that was visiting from Texas! Turns out, it was a Texas sized occasion with 24 of us sitting down to dinner at Earls Restaurant. And I’m here to tell ya that we were enveloped in hospitality, Texas style. We thoroughly enjoyed every minute of our visit! I wore this stripey sundress all most of the time we were in Whistler. It’s summer sundress sue style. Not so much strappy, but definitely happy. And why? Where the skin doth show, sunscreen must go. I don’t profess to be the fairest in the land, but I do confess to having sun-sensitive skin. Sigh. Such is the reality for a redhead. Life experience has taught me the value of keeping shoulders and other rarely exposed bits of skin safely covered when summer’s rays are at their fiercest, so when I stumbled across this cute dress on pinterest I knew it would be a perfect summer make! A few posts back, I shared my technique for making a t-shirt pattern. Okay, maybe the word technique is a little fancy schmancy. After all, all I did was cut apart an old t-shirt. But, it worked! I’ve made a few tees already, and how ’bout we call them basic t-shirts, view A. Aaaaaannd…how ’bout we call my summer sundress, view B. Yuh-uh! This sundress is a direct descendant of my humble t-shirt. How to? Well, I added to the length obviously. And, I added to the side seams, creating an A-line shape. I added some fullness to the sleeves with an inverted pleat, and the ruffled hemline is a looooong, gathered rectangle of fabric. The ZIPPER, although completely unnecessary, is the design feature I love the most. It’s my first exposed zip…{can I get a wahoo}…I know, I’m totally late to that party, but what can I say. It was a little tricky working that zipper in a knit fabric, but I do love the final outcome, especially where the red stripe intersects with the red zipper. Hello, is that Vogue Magazine a calling? Since we share … Continue reading SUMMER :: SUN :: DRESS…