My husband finally succeeded where I have repeatedly failed. When Clare was a pre-schooler, I made her what I thought was a beautiful pinwale corduroy dress from Vogue 7926. I wish that Vogue still did little girl’s patterns – I have a few from the early 2000s that I must have acquired just before they stopped producing them and they have all resulted in gorgeous garments.
Clare continually refused to wear this dress. I tried over and over and over. Eventually she outgrew any possibility of wearing it. So as soon as Stella approximated the appropriate size to fit into this dress, I thought that finally it would be worn and all that piping would be worth it. She refused. Over and over and over. So imagine my surprise when on Sunday morning I emerged from the shower to find that my husband had got Stella dressed ready for church – and this was what she was wearing!
She wore it happily all day, and I felt that those pintucks on the bodice, gathered sleeves, fully functional buttoned cuffs, piped plackets, pockets, cuffs and collar, buttonholes, buttons, and contrast floral binding on the inside were all worth it after all. Next time we won’t accessorise with a devil’s pitchfork and scary face.
There is still one dress hanging in the wardrobe that both girls have sadly refused to wear. I’d better get my husband onto that one next.
Well done Mr Thornberry! It’s heartbreaking isn’t it, we just handed on some pants that Miss G wore once – for me to take a photo – then she took them off and never wore them again!
Good luck with the other dress.
She looks so gorgeous as well ! Hopefully it will now become a favourite as it seems we will still have some cold days to come . I had some of the same situations but I have three girls so eventually one of them wore the creations I made .
Mr N does that too! Refuses to wear stuff. I have just ordered 6m of denim from Kelani to make more of his fave pants as I’m sick of arguing about the cords. I also took him to Kmart and told him to pick 6 t-shirts. No more arguing as he chose them all and more sewing for me!!
So cute. I’m glad you got the chance to see someone appreciate your hours of work. I’ve given up sewing for my daughter…way to soul destroying.
Well done dad. The outfit and pitchfork sum up the angel and the devil in as all!
Ooh your daughters are very cute in their matching PJ’s!!
Well done to Dad! It’s a beautiful dress. The devils pitchfork accessory while dressed for church gave me a bit of a chuckle!