Stella’s birthday dress
Most of you know that I make the girls a special dress for Christmas and for their Birthday. This is the one I made for Stella’s 3rd birthday. She wore it to her play centre party today.
The fabrics are from Anna Maria Horner’s Garden Party line of quilting cottons. As you know I do love colour, and this line of fabric really has colour and pattern rioting in abundance! There is an invisible zip in the back. The seam lines aren’t quite perfectly matched, but they’re only a couple of threads out and I reckon that is quite fine for a 3-year-old’s dress!
The pattern is Vogue 7894, which is copyright 2004 so may well be out of print. I cut a size 2 for Stella. It’s generously sized, and this should fit her for a couple of years! I used the same pattern to make a dress for Clare when she turned four.
There are way too many cute photos of Miss Stella in this dress. She had a marvellous birthday and party, and sang “happy birthday” to herself with great determination. Where did the past three years go to?
Lovely princess dress!
That last shot is just perfect.
That last shot Lara, its a heart breaker !
Gorgeous. Both the dress and your daughter are stunningly beautiful.
The most divine dress ever …. EVER!!!!
(Cute kid too!!)
Very beautiful dress!
How CUTE is Stella in that dress! And that last photo just kills me!
Ohmy! She is just tooooo adorable in her new birthday dress! I’m glad she had a good day!
Delurking to say… love your blog and that dress is just gorgeous. She looks like the little princess in a story! Lovely to hear she enjoyed wearing it and has such a grand party.
Cheers,
AJ
THREE! Where did the past three years go?! Oh my word! She is getting sooooo big! Happy birthday big girl!
It’s a very sweet dress and sweet little girl too. My little girl is three as well. Your Stella has WAY more hair than my Carolin.
Lara, again- it’s great. I love that fabric in that style. And re: that last photo- moving out of home is she? Or just of for a picnic with teddy?
Can I have one in my size? With that fabric, thanks! She looks so grown up, what a cutie!
Wow! That dress is amazing! And what a model! She is very doll like!
Happy Birthday, Stella!!
Beautiful Dress! Happy Birthday to Stella.
She looks like a little dolly. Happy birthday to your princess, her dress is divine.
She is sooooo cute! Love the dress and the riot of colour in that garden party. (my 3 yo would be jealous 🙂
OMG! Just beautiful, the girl and the dress. Well done on both.
Happy, happy birthday to beautiful, magical Stella.
You’ve done a gorgeous job on the dress Lara & the making of the cutest Peter Pan kiddo going around. x
Lara she looks gorgeous and a big happy birthday to her too
Ohmygosh, that is simply adorable! Happy birthday to Stella 🙂
What a beautiful fairytale dress! I bet she feels wonderful in it.
What a beautiful little sequence of pictures Lara – I hope Stella had a great day.
Her dress is gorgeous.
awww, amazing Lara!!
she looks just like a little doll.
sounds like Stella had a great birthday.
♥