söndag 5 februari 2017

Norways national day, 17 may


Norways national day 17 may  American Girl doll Caroline Abbott
Today is Norway's national day. On this picture she has clothes inspired of the Norwegian national costume.

The ribbon on the hat and on the skirt are ribbons from Norway.

And she is wearing a knitted Norwegian sweater.

In the picture she is in the Swedish mountains on the border to Norway.

The are weary beautiful nature in this mountains.

 I love to be there.

 And the love Caroline too.

onsdag 22 oktober 2014

torsdag 17 juli 2014

The Caravan Dress


 


I call the dress for the caravan dress because I have made it of the old curtains from the caravan we had before.

It was the first dress I made but it’s also the most difficult dress I have made.
An advice to you is to start with another dress if you have not sawn so much before.


                                           This is a bow that you can put in your dolls hair.
                                          
                                           Cut out two parts of this pattern from the fabric.
 

                                                      This is the back part and the front part.

                                                 This is the back part of the collar.
                                               Cut out one part of this one from the fabric.
                                              This is the front part of the collar.
                                              Cut out two parts of this pattern from the fabric


                     Then you cut out a piece of fabric that has the length that you want on the skirt.

torsdag 10 juli 2014

paterns to midsommerdress

                    





                          This dress gives you summer feeling and It is a simple dress to make.


                                                 This is the back part of the dress.
                                                  Cut out two parts from the fabric.



                                                       This is the arm to the dress.
                                                          Cut out two parts.

                                              This is the front part of the dress.
                                                    Cut out one part of this.

This dress gives you summer feeling and It is a simple dress to make.

fredag 4 juli 2014

The Flower dress




American girl dress pattern

A blue dress with lovely small flowers decorated with lace.
You can also do hear clips and decorate them with the fabric that is left over from when you make the dress.






                                                This is the front part of the dress.
                                            Cut out one peace of it from the fabric.


                                               This is the back part of the dress.
                                                Cut out two parts from the fabric.


                                         This is the back part of the skirt to the dress.
                                                                Cut out two parts.


                                                        This is the arm to the dress.
                                                             Cut out two parts.
                                             This is the front part of the skirt to the dress.
                                                                Cut out one part.

lördag 21 juni 2014

Midsummer traditions


Midsummer is a Swedish tradition and I will describe how we celebrate it.

Often wreaths are made of flowers. They are called "Midsommarkransar".
At the picture below you can see how my American girl doll Caroline is wearing a "Midsommarkrans".
 
 
 Midsummer celebrates because it is the brightest day of the year. In the northern part of Sweden the sun never sets. 

During Midsummer a pole is also decorated with flowers, it is called "Midsommarstång". After it is raised everybody is danced around the pole. 
 
 

If you pick seven different kinds of flowers and are completely quiet while you are picking them and then put the flowers under your pillow before you go to sleep you will dream about the person you will marry.  

At Midsummer it is common to eat herring, just as we do in Sweden at Christmas and Easter.

A midsummer dream

 

 
Out in the cool fresh air of the forest, Caroline and Lydia ran holding each others hands.
Their laughter filled the Swedish forest and blended with the wonderful aroma from all the summer flowers.
 
- Look at these beautiful flowers! exclaimed Caroline and crouched down and picked one of the bright pink flowers. This is at least one of the seven flowers that I will put under my pillow tonight. 
 
- I will put one of them under my pillow as well, then I will probably dream that I will marry a prince, Lydia replied. 
 
- Yes you will, said Caroline and laughed. 
 
Then she stopped laughing suddenly and just sat silent and looked toward the small clearing. 
 
- What is it? Lydia asked and looked towards the sunlit glade. But then she also got all quit. 
 
What the two girls saw was something very special, it was fairies! The fairies danced in beautiful white dresses. They danced without touching the ground! 
 
Around in a circle, they danced and let their golden hair flutter in the air.
 
Carloine and Lydia laid in the green lush grass for a long time, marveled over the fairies. Something as beautiful as the fairies, they couldn't even imagine.
 
- I wish I had a white dress like that, Caroline whispered, still looking at the fairies.
 
- Yes, Lydia said, looking down at her worn dress. But all of a sudden both Caroline's and Lydia's worn dresses was transformed into white dresses, just like the fairies. The girls were both happy and amazed. They looked at the fairies who waved to them to join the dance. Throughout the evening Caroline and Lydia danced with the fairies. Yes, they danced until they were so tired that they lay down in the grass and fell asleep. When they woke up in the morning the elves was gone but they knew that the dance wasn't a dream, because the girls were still wearing the beautiful white dresses. This was a midsummer night they would never forget.