A Polka Dot Sky

 Wearing: DIY dress, Topshop shoes

Summer is most definitely here! I'm enjoying the freedom so much. There have been lots of sunny days and already countless bicycle rides with Louis. Wimbledon is back, I'm reunited with my pals and I even managed to snap up a great job for the summer season. Even number years are always good and I can already tell that this summer is going to be a cracker. Aside from all the working and summer shindigs, I've been practicing my sewing with my new brother machine. One of my summer goals is to make at least 4 dresses and this is my first. I'm quite pleased with how it turned out. I spent hours in the fabric shop and finally settled on this light blue, polka dot fabric. Usually I make dresses by following a pattern and with the invaluable assistance of my mother dearest. This time, however, I was without both. Instead I followed the tutorial of The Pineneedle Collective. Her video, here,  is so helpful and well put together. I made a few alterations in places but pretty much followed all of her instructions to the tee. I'd really recommend checking her tutorials out if you are new to sewing. They have helped me save both money on patterns and time deciding what to make. Hopefully i'll have another summer dress made by the end of next week. If I stopped watching so much Once Upon a Time I'd get my sewing done a lot faster. Hope your summer is going swell! 

Louis

My oh my, it has been a while. I've been deep deep in revision and exams for the past weeks and sadly everything else has taken a back seat. But now it's summer! I'm free from exams and blogging no longer counts as serious procrastination. 

As soon as exams were over, my first act of freedom was to go on a

long bicycle ride. Although the glorious weather we had when I was stuck in the library departed, it was still a fairly pleasant day. My main focus of this post is to introduce one of my greatest loves. Louis. Louis is my vintage bike. He's french, a flashing red and full of character. There are few days I don't cycle him and I honestly can't imagine not having him now. I got him at the beginning of this academic year to replace my previous bike 'rusty'. So far I've taken him on lots of adventures and this summer I'm even considering cycling him to France. Here are some photos of him and my cycle ride to Craigton Country Park. The park itself is wonderful. In the middle there is a lake with a house in which looks like something out of a fairy tale. 

If you are stuck for anything to do this summer then I encourage you to get on your bike and ride! There are so many cool places you can discover in your own town on two wheels. Hopefully I'll be able to upload some more adventures with Louis soon.