Monday 14 April 2008

A weekend of poorliness

I am up to my eyes in Isabella and bunting, and I'm not sure the two mix. Isabella loves the bright fabrics and keeps pinching the flags from the ever-growing pile perching on the table - I suppose this proves the point that work is work and being a mum is being a mum. Put the bunting away Pip and wait till baby's asleep!

On another note, I was ill this weekend with what I suppose was a virus. I thought the ol' Black Dog had come to visit as I felt so low and teary, crying over what I can now see were ludricously small events which seemed monumental at the time. I should have realised I was actually in need of my bed what with the tears, the headache (oh that headache!) and the achy bones, but I just thought I had hit a real low patch for no reason and carried on regardless, determined to kick it into touch. Off I went to the sewing room and set to with paper and pens to make a pattern for this little dress...





I wanted to make something which reminded me of The Little House on the Prairie - a simple sort of loose dress which could have an apron added or an underskirt, and which had large-ish buttons sewn on.





I did have to unpick a fair bit as my guesswork on the pattern-making was rather out on some parts, but overall I am pleased with the end result





and luckily so is Isabella!





She does look very cute in it, I must say. The fabric is so beautiful - far more gorgeous than the pictures actually show. It was one of the pile given to me by Elizabethd on her visit from France and is of the softest cotton. There is so much over that I have plans to make a dress for Lucy too, perhaps in the same style so thank you dear Elizabeth x





The virus disappeared a quickly as it came and I feel fine now though no doubt a day or two in bed would have been lovely. Ah well, thesewing was fun too even if it was accompanied by occasional bouts of blubbing at a Radio 4 play (which truly wasn't worth the tears!). Other things to leave the sewing room last week were Baby Babbits, now gone to new homes where I hope they'll be very happy and this dear little mop cap - after serious debate I have decided I prefer 'mop' to 'mob' even though I think the latter is the correct term. It is so sweet that I am desperate to see it on the newborn owner's head rather than on my sofa where it sat for the photograph. The littleness of it just isn't shown here, but suffice it to say I will be making many more of them for the website and am planning a larger one for Isabella to go with her dress; whether it will stay on her bouncy curls of course is another thing altogether!





Have a lovely day xx

18 comments:

  1. Oh lovely jubbly, Pip...this cheered me up no end. Ah, sigh, how I wish I had had a daughter, if only to bung her in cute dresses like that and stick mop (definitely better) caps on her hair.
    VERY glad that the dog turned out to be flu (though NOT that you had flu of course). But at least flu has a purpose and a reason and an end in sight unlike the beastly mongrel.
    jxx

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  2. Sorry to hear you've been feeling poorly, hope you better now.

    The little dress is so lovely, you are clever!

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  3. Hi Pip,
    lovely dress - funnily enough I say mop cap too!

    x

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  4. Pipany, only you could have the flu and still create such a beautiful little pink dress. It is a beauty, and so is the adorable model! The fabric's print is so intricate, yet delicate. Well done to Elizabeht, too.

    Glad that your brush with the flu was brief and that this week will see lots of mop cap production.
    xo

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  5. Sweet dress and even sweeter cap - sorry I like mob rather than mop. Mop cap makes me think of a mop wearing a hat! Glad you sewed away your blues.

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  6. I know, I wanted a girl for all the sprigged muslin and co I remember from Laura I.W. days. Dear little fat dress. And at least yours was a quickie, the virus.

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  7. My original comment has just disappeared, so....try again. Lovely lovely dress, just what I would have made for my grandaughter if she wasnt now 20!

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  8. Oooo Pip how miserable to feel like that - bugs do that to you don't they. Now don't go doing too much just because you think you feel better, or you will end up feeling ill again. Vest tucked in.

    LOVE that dress . . .oooooo widh I had grandchildren.

    Do you do clothes for adults I would love something like that to go over leggings and blouses, or leggings and t-shirts

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  9. Your ducks in your last post are beautiful, and she does look very gentle and pretty!
    And i love the dress and hat you made too, like exmoorjane said i also wish i had a little girl to make things for :-(

    Lindsay xx

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  10. Is Westerwitch going to wear a Mop cap along with her Little House on the Prairie dress and leggings? I do hope so,
    J
    x

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  11. Oh, sob, joining the wishing-for-a-girl throng here! That dress would be just gorgeous in a very soft baby cord too for winter. If I ever come across a picture of a newborn in a remarkably similar mop cap to that then I'll email it!
    xx

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  12. The dress is absolutely beautiful -such an archetypal little-girl shaped dress. Perfect.

    I think there has been a lot of that virus going around - the symptoms seem quite non-specific, just a cracking headache, complete weariness and, like you said...a feeling of being close to tearfulness for much of the time. We all had it here. Hope you are now feeling completely back to normal. x

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  13. Hello Pipany, gorgeous dress, lucky Isabella!You've been so busy...hope you're feeling 100% now, and enjoying the sunny days that we've been blessed with this week.Diana x ps love your bunting too.

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  14. lovely as always x
    your sweet girl almost makes me wish that i had children - then i think of the washing pile and the heartache when they leave home........
    glad that blooming black dog was not knocking at your door x
    t x

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  15. What an adorable little dress you have made for your Isabella...practical and pretty. She looks darling in it. Do you think she'll be up for modelling the mop cap?
    Also I hope you are feeling better now and over the virus. don't worry... crying is good, whatever the reason. i cry loads!
    take care.
    love ginny
    x

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  17. What a lovely dress and what fab material - and you still have more! lucky you. I have lent my sewing machine to elder daughter and inevitably now feel like sewing.

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  18. Very cute and very Hobby Holly ( whom I am sure you are far far too young to remember...) but was atrendy girlie character in cute american smocks adn pinifores and hats. Sorry to hear you ahve been feelign poorly but bunting sounds fun!

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