I probably should have started the summer by making summer dresses for my daughter. Instead I am ending the summer with a summer dress sprint. There is a certain risk she will have grown out of them next summer but it is first now that I have a little bit of time each evening to sew. I know I would have regretted not making them if I hadn’t. You only live once and you as much of that life should include pretty dresses! This is said by someone that almost never wears dresses… maybe I am projecting some hidden desire on my little girl?

Silja practising for the catwalk?

Summer held on for a long time. It wasn’t until yesterday that fall really hit us with rain and wind. It has really been the best summer ever here in Norway with almost constant sun from the beginning of July. Norwegian summers are usually filled with rain and hence are the main topic of conversation. Thankfully we have mobile phones to entertain us when we run out of conversation topics or otherwise this summer would have been filled with lots of awkward silence. It was simply perfect.

We have spent hours outside just running around barefoot in the garden or at the beach. The best part about summer is really not having to wear socks! The photos in this blog are quite recent. A week and half old, viagra it was still warm enough to swim in the ocean. My little girl and fiancé took a dip while the icicle me kept warm on the beach. I can barely get in the fjord on a peak summer day so this doesn’t really say much.

In the Oslofjord

This time my little girl didn’t refuse to wear the dress at first like she did with the last one but literally grabbed it and hugged it the instance she saw it. She even got the chance to run around the beach in it.

This one is made by a pattern by Made By Rae called Geranium. The fabric is Bubbles in Grey – Marin Sutton – Maritime Modern.

It was a very detailed pattern with lost of options and rather easy to follow when you got over the first confusion of having so many options. The only problem I had was that the lining piece was a bit too short so I had to improvise a little bit. I will probably try adding a cm to the bottom of it if make another one. I really liked the fit of the dress and the flutter sleeves make me happy for some unexplained reason.

And modeling the back of the dress