This year has been a blur of sewing lots of costumes, a prom dress, and now more costumes. But when I got the invite to join the Project Run and Play Beach Bash, I still couldn't turn it down. Sewing up an outfit just for summer fun isn't something I've had much time for! My tween, or as they're called in our house, weenager (she can't be mad, she made up the term) informed me she “needed” more crop tops. Apparently all of the t-shirts she's refused to give up since early grade school don't count as crop tops? When looking through my choices, I knew immediately that she was going to love the Striped Swallow Designs Midsummer Dream . I usually ask her what she'd like and get her input on fabric and patterns, but I decided to surprise her with this one because I knew it would be a winner--no pre-approval needed. I had several fabrics in my stash that would have been great for this pattern but landed on this striped double gauze from Joann (RIP). I bought ...