What a Girl Wants
March 23rd, 2009 Posted in Cleft Palate, Day to day, Family, Frida, Ronja, Sewing, The house
Ronja picked it out. I’m not too good at letting her choose the fabric (it’ll all end up pink), but this time she got to. I gave her the opportunity to pick the fairy fabric, and she did at first, but dropped it when she realized there wasn’t enough for this blouse as well as a summer dress in a few months. Good thing I had the “Floral Fantasma” from Alexander Henry as well. She went with some red dots from Moda for the neck line casing and sleeve edges. It’s girly, that’s for sure – and she loves it!
Today I made a blouse from the same pattern (Onion 20022) for Frida. It’s finished but I haven’t got pictures yet, so you’ll have to wait a bit for that one.
In the meantime, we had a wonderful weekend. Nice and slow – we’re not getting out much at the moment, because we really, really don’t want Frida to catch a cold or something before her surgery next week. Her odds health-wise are pretty bad at the moment too – Mads has been having a severe cold this past week, and Ronja has just had a fever for a few days. Frida is still in the clear, and I am as well, so we’re keeping our fingers crossed. Of course, if she’s sick in any way when it’s time for the operation, they won’t operate, and they may push it a few months. Anyway, there’s no way we can keep the girls away from each other – above you see Ronja reading to Frida.
Mads finished building the small fence out front today – all it needs now is some paint.
Tags: alexander henry, blouse, fence, floral fantasma, Frida, garden fence, moda, onion, onion 20022, operation, raglan, reading, Rebuilding, Ronja, Sewing, sisters, surgery, top
15 Responses to “What a Girl Wants”
By Jenny
on Mar 23, 2009
Astrid, Ronja is so gorgeous. And I love the photo of her reading to Frida. I hope Frida’s able to stay healthy to have her surgery, I’ll keep my fingers crossed! Of course, the shirt is gorgeous – I want one in my size
Jenny
By Katharina
on Mar 23, 2009
Det er da noget meget fint stof Ronja har valgt – det er pink, men ikke über prinsessepink. Smukt syet selvfølgelig.
By Annette
on Mar 23, 2009
Jeg krydser fingre med jer – håber, det må lykkes!
Jeres hus ser så fint og hyggeligt ud – og blusen er, som alt det andet, du laver, rigtig sød!
By teri
on Mar 23, 2009
she did a fab job of selecting fabrics.
By Lisa
on Mar 23, 2009
Ronja new blouse is gorgeous! I love the photo of the two sisters
Best wishes for Frida’s surgery next week.
By Christina Skarø
on Mar 23, 2009
Hvor er det kært det stof. Jeg kan godt forstå at din datter valgte det! Jeg elsker virkelig de stærke farver.. super dejlig kjole.. vh christina
By Tamara
on Mar 23, 2009
What an adorable picture of your daughter. I love the shirt too! What cute fabric.
By Medrie
on Mar 23, 2009
Ronja is so beautiful and her new blouse suits her perfectly! The photo of the girls reading is darling.
By Chris
on Mar 23, 2009
I’ll keep my fingers crossed for your little girl. All will go well, you’ll see !
Chris
By Jacqui from Mee a Bee
on Mar 24, 2009
I love it all!
Keeping you in my thoughts for the surgery and recovery.
By punikum
on Mar 24, 2009
I love it, as always, such great sewing!
By Astrid
on Mar 25, 2009
Hey all – thank you so much! Sorry I haven’t replied earlier – we do have a few things to think about these days.
Thanks a bunch!
By Himmu
on Mar 27, 2009
The blouse has “spring” written all over it! Love it!
By Natalie
on Apr 8, 2009
That is the sweetest sister picture ever. I adore that top – I checked out the Onion pattern online – so did you just sew the casing closed and add elastic inside? Did you need to make any other changes I really like the pattern and want to try it!
By aida
on Apr 25, 2009
astrid, that top is beautiful and your sewing is amazing!