Hi everyone! I won’t keep you long…just a quick hello and a few pics of my Summer Flip Flops Dress. Yep, this was one of my to-do items, and I managed to get ‘er done well before the end of summer. Virtual high fives all round! Okay, this is a Simplicity 2339 make, this time with design tweaks at the collar and the front facing. After whipping up two Negroni shirts {still to be blogged} a few weeks ago, I knew I wanted a similar collar and front facing on my own shirt {dresses}. I find the flat, or convertible collar, both speedy to sew and tidy to look at. And what’s not to love about that? And….kinda, sorta to prove the point…if only to myself….I sewed a second shirt dress like snap…it’s an a-line version and I’ll show it to you soon. Seriously…now that I’ve got my dream shirt dress pattern, there’s no stopping me. At least until fall…then I’ll most likely be all about stitching crazy and colourful coats. Stay tuned! By the way, last night I misjudged the light… hence the over-exposure on some of these pics….it ended up being not so much the golden hour as much as the orange hour. I tell ya, when we take these blog photos…and by we, I mean me flailing around in front of the lens contributing plenty of dialogue…Gimme bokeh! Closer! Farther! Is dis right? Is dat right?…and the mister impatiently snapping away behind the lens….something invariably goes a little sideways. Really…it’s often our own little Comedy of Errors {which coincidentally we saw just last weekend at Bard on the Beach. Brilliant, that was!} And finally! The 40+ Blogger Meet-Up is a-happening this week! I’m really super excited to meet the many bloggers attending! Seems I’ll be doing my best to dispel some rumours too….Melanie has painted a colourful picture of me over at Bag and a Beret, and Suzanne has me talking like a sailor. Arghhh and Ahoy Mateys…amirite Suzanne! My other Simplicity 2339 makes: Blooms and Blue Gingham My 99 Pink Balloons Dress