{"id":8097,"date":"2013-10-07T09:57:36","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T13:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/blog\/?p=8097"},"modified":"2018-11-28T14:33:52","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T19:33:52","slug":"made-and-worn-with-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2013\/10\/made-and-worn-with-love.html","title":{"rendered":"made and worn with love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Five years ago Natalie Chanin made her daughter a Tea Party Dress. We&#8217;ve <a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/alabama-tea-party.html\">blogged about that dress<\/a>, and that dress has inspired many other <a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/customizing-with-oliver-s-tea-party-sundress-alabama-chanin-style.html\">similar dresses<\/a>, including one that I made for S. Something about that pattern and Natalie&#8217;s techniques just mesh really beautifully together, and each of the dresses that I&#8217;ve seen using the pattern and Natalie&#8217;s method has turned out just beautifully.<\/p>\n<p>The funny thing is, I never would have recognized that dress now. It&#8217;s been worn and loved and repaired and transformed so many times. It&#8217;s still the same dress, but it has taken on a completely different appearance. And Maggie, Natalie&#8217;s daughter, still wears it. Only now it&#8217;s not a dress; it&#8217;s a top. (I&#8217;m amazed that it still fits her at all after five years!) Here it is now.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/MAGGIES-DRESS-BLUE.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8098\" alt=\"MAGGIES-DRESS-BLUE\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/MAGGIES-DRESS-BLUE-533x800.jpg\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/MAGGIES-DRESS-BLUE-533x800.jpg 533w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/MAGGIES-DRESS-BLUE-183x275.jpg 183w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/MAGGIES-DRESS-BLUE.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Natalie wrote a beautiful, touching <a href=\"http:\/\/alabamachanin.com\/journal\/2013\/09\/recipe-for-a-well-loved-dress\/\" target=\"_blank\">post<\/a> about this dress on her blog. Much as she had intended to pass it along to her granddaughter, the dress has become such a precious item to both her and her daughter, they&#8217;re considering framing it so they can continue to enjoy it.<\/p>\n<p>Do you save your favorite sewn pieces, or do you pass them along to someone else who can enjoy them. And have you ever considered framing a favorite dress?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The story of a much loved dress, made by Natalie Chanin and worn by her daughter for over five years. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20687],"tags":[32],"class_list":["post-8097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-tea-party"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/MAGGIES-DRESS-BLUE.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-26B","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4327,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2012\/07\/customizing-with-oliver-s-tea-party-sundress-alabama-chanin-style.html","url_meta":{"origin":8097,"position":0},"title":"customizing with oliver + s: tea party sundress, Alabama Chanin style","author":"Liesl Gibson","date":"July 25, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"A few years ago, Natalie Chanin invited me to one of her workshops. 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