This isn't the first dress that I've made for Adele that she hates. She hated her
Peri pullover from last year and pretty much boycotted it all of Winter.
This dress has been finished since the Summer school holidays. Adele picked the fabric. We discussed the pattern. She watched me sew it and then she refused to put it on. It took me weeks to bribe her to take these photos and most of them are with her pulling an 'attitude' face or sticking her tongue out like a brat.
This is the Oliver and S Pinwheel dress made in light denim chambray with Liberty trim. I think this is cute, but I guess it's not interesting enough for this opinionated little girl.
Oh well, perhaps it will become a gift, or jarmies, or just sit in her wardrobe unworn until she grows out of it.
I have so many items to show you. My Grainline Cascade jacket, more trousers and a maxi skirt, but the just too hot to photograph them right now. Perhaps I'll brave the heat tomorrow.
Happy Friday!
Don't take it to heart that she doesn't like the dress. My daughter has done the same thing for the past 8 years! She likes one out of every 10 things I make for her. My solution is to just sew for myself and only occasionally for her. Good Luck and keep sewing!
ReplyDeleteMy daughter hated the Perri pullover (that I lengthened into a dress) too - she pulled a proper WTF face (why has it got short sleeves? why is the front shorter than the back? Why is it so wide?). She has so far worn it once and it got a rapturous reception from a friend of mine, so maybe it'll get another outing.
ReplyDeleteI've now done some extensive consultation with her on the next dress, but as you've noticed, that doesn't always help.
Children can be rather ungrateful! But I don't stop, as when she loves something, it's brilliant.
What a shame, it is gorgeousness. Whould she wear it with a big floral pocket or applique on the front to bling it up a bit?
ReplyDeleteI am familiar with that WTF face too. Good luck with the Perri pullover. I've given up on that one with Adele. I've popped this in her wardrobe for now and we'll see what happens. She might be desperate for a dress one day and this will be the only one available.
ReplyDeleteI"m thinking I need a little more bling on it - thatnks :)
ReplyDeleteKids! It was so much easier to dress them when they were babies without an opinion - it doesn't get any easier as they get older :)
ReplyDeleteIt's a great dress and I love the liberty trim.
Bah! She's wrong it is lovely. Really feminine and pretty. I have been lucky so far that all my sewing has met with approval.
ReplyDeleteI love that dress! The chambray + denim looks great. I hope she changes her mind before it's too small.
ReplyDeleteI.can.relate. The My Little Pony fabric debacle of 2014. Ugh
ReplyDeleteHeeheehee, aww, it's such a cute dress! I hope she changes her mind eventually or you find someone else who loves it- it's too sweet to be unworn and unloved!
ReplyDeleteoh dear! It is a very lovely dress but I guess she has her own ideas. I made a t shirt for my son recently that he refuses to wear - ' too weird and those colours don't go together' *sigh*
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