You are so clever. The dress is beautiful. Love the collar.

And yes, I wear my nice clothes every time I leave the house. Even to walk my dog.

I love that dress and that you made it. Wow! I’m really glad you’re wearing it. When I was full time work from home in 2020 and 21 I made Friday “dress day” so that I would wear my dresses and it was a nice day brightener.

FAB dress. Is it two different pieces of fabric or does the pattern layout help showcase the ombre?
I love the practice!
Silly as it may sound, I usually change up my daily outfit for dinner. I have aprons that coordinate with what I have on, and it makes me feel good to wear something that I like while preparing and sitting down for dinner.
In addition, I have been wearing new outfits at home as a "trial run"
so I can work out the kinks before I leave home.

Brooklyn, your daily skirts are an inspiration, as were your lockdown lunch outfits last year. I enjoyed those posts!
Nadya, thank you. I like your idea of Friday being dress day. So much more interesting than "casual Friday."
Indigoprint, the dress is made from one piece of fabric. I had to figure out the layout of the pattern pieces, thinking about what I wanted to highlight where. How cool, to change for dinner--it makes me think of scenes from old movies. And instead of dressing up, per se, wearing something you like with a matching apron.

These clever routines really appeal to me!

Beautiful dress! I've been wearing my nice things for lunch every day even though we mostly eat lunch at home. I do whatever work, house or yard, in the morning, change into something nice for lunch, then change again in the early evening for a walk in nature.

Bonnie, another great idea! Thank you!

What a pretty dress,lovely cool colours.l am fully on board with your quest to wear ones nicer stuff for any occasion when we go out otherwise as you say,when does it get worn in these mid covid times.

It’s really hot where I am, and looking at your beautiful pictures makes me feel a lot cooler! The fabric and colors of that dress are just perfection on you, and so pretty with the white sandals. Great hair to top it all off! You’re killing it, Sharan!

Thank you, Xtabay! We had a little one-day spurt of hot weather. I think we are due for a heat wave this week, but probably (hoping) not as bad as what much of the country is experiencing right now!

Great dress for a hot summer day. So refreshing.