The Forest Dress

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Told you I was making a dress for Frida. Well, it’s finished, and this is it.

Forest dress for Frida

The pattern is from Alt om håndarbejdes SYmagasin, May 2011 – a Danish sewing pattern magazine, containing patterns for children as well as adults. You may be getting tired of seeing this particular linen on my blog – I have used it before for this tunic, this messenger bag, these pants and several other things. I love the colour! I’m running out of it, however, so fear not – I will need to find new colours. :) The other fabric is from the designer Joel Dewberry – it’s called Majestic Oak, and is from the collection named Modern Meadow.

Forest dress for Frida - button detail

There isn’t much to say about this one – Frida loves dresses, and I made her a dress. Also, she is at an age where she still loves everything I sew for her, which is true for this dress as well.

Here she is wearing it – I absolutely couldn’t get her to look up.

Forest dress for Frida - modeled

12 Comments

  1. Medr1e
    Posted August 10, 2012 at 23:53 | Permalink

    A stunning fabric combination! I love it. The dress looked so little on the hanger, but it’s tea-length on Frida!

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  2. Gitte
    Posted August 11, 2012 at 07:16 | Permalink

    Hvor er den sød, detaljerne er så fine:-)

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  3. Marie-Louise
    Posted August 11, 2012 at 14:30 | Permalink

    Hun er vel nok fin. Super sød kjole du har syet til hende. Mine døtre på 10 år elsker heldigvis stadig når jeg syr til dem :-)

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  4. Sarah
    Posted August 11, 2012 at 23:19 | Permalink

    I love how you’ve centered the oak tree on the yoke of the dress. Lovely!

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  5. Astrid
    Posted August 12, 2012 at 21:29 | Permalink

    Thank you all! :) Medrie, it’s so funny you mention it, I thought too that the dimensions look different on Frida compared to on the hanger. Strange illusion… ;) Marie-Louise, det er dejligt, at du har børn på 10, der er glade for det – jeg hører om flere, som ikke gider det mere når de bliver større. Og Ronja (min store) er ikke helt så ukritisk, som hun har været. ;)

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  6. Umm Safiya
    Posted August 13, 2012 at 05:41 | Permalink

    Wow!!! det er virkelig en smuk kjole.. Jeg er helt vild med den..

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  7. Laurel
    Posted August 13, 2012 at 06:20 | Permalink

    The dress is lovely. I could never get tired of the linen and I think it is wonderful that you have utilized it in so many ways. Your daughter is darling!

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  8. Astrid
    Posted August 14, 2012 at 10:06 | Permalink

    Umm – tusinde tak skal du have! :)

    Laurel – thank you! ;) I feel the same way about the linen, I love the colour!

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  9. Lena
    Posted August 14, 2012 at 21:58 | Permalink

    Kjolen er virkelig sød og den klæder Frida godt. Det er nemt at forstå hvorfor hun foretrækker at beundre kjolen istedet for at kigge på fotografen :-)
    Din blog er meget inspirerende – nu skal jeg prøve at få fat i et stykke “Majestic Oak”. Har brugt det til bogomslag og kosmetik punge – men nu får jeg lyst at sy en voksenkjole med kant på lignende måde som du har brugt stoffet på Fridas kjole.

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  10. Astrid
    Posted August 15, 2012 at 08:09 | Permalink

    Hej Lena – tusinde tak for din søde kommentar! Majestic Oak til bogomslag lyder faktisk også enormt fint – og kosmetikpunge. Nu bliver jeg da inspireret. :) Der er flere steder på nettet, hvor de stadig sælger det, så du burde kunne skaffe det. Held og lykke med kjolen!

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  11. Esraa
    Posted August 20, 2012 at 12:25 | Permalink

    I love this dress so much the color everything and she look so cute in it <3

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  12. Astrid
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 22:08 | Permalink

    Esraa – thanks for your sweet comment – I do love this dress as well! :)

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