Hot Scandinavian summer: Making a shirred dress and yellow summer sweater for a large body

I've been dabbling in sewing my own clothes for over 40 years, but this year I'm for the first time attempting to sew for my recently very changed body (yes, I gained crazy amounts of weight the past few years. It's a story in and of itself). With this year's hot Scandinavian summer being REALLY hot, I truly feel the night for lighter clothing, in order not to melt. Also, I think I use the sentence 'it's SO HOT' about a million times in this video.
The shirred dress did for sure have its ups and downs before this project was finished, but in the end I did make a dress I really like and am going to enjoy weather. And should there be any cool summer nights (one can only hope!), I have the perfect yellow summer sweater ready. Pattern is 'Flax DK' by Tin Can Knits (link below, not affiliated, just a fan), and knit in Sandnes Garn 'Line', a yarn that has been very popular in knitting podcasts lately. These two items will for sure have a place in my wardrobe to love. :-)
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