To celebrate last Sunday I created a "Spring Frock".
I used an embellished fabric from JoAnn's. It has swirls of bias cut raw edge strips entangling the surface. The skirt has a 'peg' shape to it. The top has a cowl neck and the sleeves are side gathered (which I've never done before).
Stay tuned tomorrow morning for the link to the tutorial on how to do the braided top bun. I prefer the messier look but my hair is so long now that it's tricky to pull that off. I don't have as many short wispy strands. I used an embellished fabric from JoAnn's. It has swirls of bias cut raw edge strips entangling the surface. The skirt has a 'peg' shape to it. The top has a cowl neck and the sleeves are side gathered (which I've never done before).
I wore that hairstyle to 'Red Lobster' (my mother's favorite eatery) last night when we took her out for her birthday. I went back out to the car to get Eloise a blanket and someone getting into their car saw me and complimented it. So....that was nice.
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«Oldest ‹Older 1 – 200 of 271 Newer› Newest»Very nice!
i love the colors! thanks for the giveaway!
i follow grosgrain
great work! very inspiring :)
I started following you :)
Beautiful! I love the fabric!
Rachel @ Maybe Matilda
I'm a grosgrain follower!
Rachel @ Maybe Matilda
I follow on twitter!
Rachel @ Maybe Matilda
Lovely! I've been following you for a while now. I'm always wondering whether you can magically make the days last longer, you're so amazingly productive! Would love to win this dress!
Gorgeous dress!! Would love to win!
andrealynn24@hotmail.com
wow lovely truly inspiring! You can try a spring rhyme and enter mine too, I'd be delighted!
It is lovely! I love the fabric.
butler83ataoldotcom
This dress is so pretty (and so is your hair)! Thanks for the chance to win!
I follow grosgain! P.S. looking forward to the tutorial on how to do the hair.
Pretty! AN so springish!!
What a gorgeous dress! The photography is amazing too, thanks for the great giveaway!
Pick me, pick me! Love the dress and hair is just fabulous! Follow you and looking forward to the tutorial...
I can't wait to see that hair tutorial, it looks lovely on you! And that dress! It makes me wish all my snow was melted. Wonderful job!
I follow your blog(and your other one as well. By the way, I'm so glad you started re-posting on it!).
Oh! And I also follow you on Twitter! :)
soooo lovely! thanks for the giveaway :)
So beautiful! The sleeves look very cool.
I am a follower of Grosgrain!
That's lovely! I especially love the sleeves. I'm a follower, too. ^_^
absolutely stunning! make me anxious for spring!
eewingo (at) gmail (dot) com
This is lovely,perfect for spring.Very generous of you.
(and i'm a follower)
Love this fabric, would love to win!
i follow you on twitter! love the dress :)
what a beautiful dress! any chance you'll also post a tutorial on how to make it?
Perfect for spring!
So pretty! I follow you on Blogger and on Twitter.
Very sweet dress. I know someone who would look smashing in that dress.
Beautiful!!!
Beautiful dress!!!
I have a question for you. how do you stay so thin?? I have 3 kids and even thou I was in the army and stay pretty active (I ran ALOT) I cant seem to lose weight. I do love food and cant really stick to diets, but I like to work out. I ust cant lose the gut :(
You are so thin and beatiful!! I love your blog.
Oh, this dress is divine! I'd love to wear this!
Pretty! I follow you on friend connect!
lovealice22 at gmail dot com
I love this dress!
@biiaancaa
Thank you. I guess my father and sister are very thin. I'm also pretty short. I don't exercise or watch what I eat but I don't eat too much either.
I always say, someday it will catch up to me. Everyone's metabolism slows down at some point.
Nice giveaway! I'm a follower.
So pretty! I love the photo shoot idea with the fireflies, too! Maybe if I win the dress I could do the shoot in it. :)
I love it! I follow Grosgrain and I'm commenting!
Love this dress!
bautiful!!!
Gorgeous-- I love it!
Just so perfect!
so pretty!
rwvanvoorhis at gmail dot com
the dress is adorablee for the winter/spring transition!
Wow, you did such a beautiful job!
i also follow your blog
I follow grosgrain- I love the hair and the dress!
casnell@gmail.com
Gorgeous!
injanuity at gmail dot com
That dress is awesome!
I love all the effortless details.
so gorgeous. your joann's has much better fabric than mine does!
i love this dress. so dainty and feminine. good job. i'm so jealous of your obvious talent. I love that you blog about it.
Wow, that fabric is amazing, especially how you used it. It looks so intricate and tricky to make....was it?
OMG! Just Beautiful. The perfect dress for Spring. My blog is private so if I put a link on my blog you won't be able to verify. I guess that is the problem with having a private blog! O-well.
Toni
One more question - any idea when you'll do the Frock by Friday again? I found you too late and wish you were still doing it!
i love this dress (well, all your dresses!)
I follow this blog! it's the highlight of my day!
I follow you on Twitter!
(@skidmore101)
I follow this blog! Please enter me!
Ohmyword!
Its BEAUTIFUL!
I love the whole look! That dress is perfect for spring.
What a pretty dress! A great way to welcome spring.
you are real-ly amazing woman! Sew a adorable dress plus decorate a bedroom'. andd your photos are perfect.
is Your giveaway open to worlwide?
thanks...
Stunning!
I love the styling you did on this....beautiful.
Also I'm a follower..
And now I follow on twitter as well...
I'm a follower :)
It's so pretty! Oh, and I'm a follower!
So pretty! I'm a follower.
@tu-ki-mu
yes!
@tmehraban
I have some big deadlines for the book coming up so not this month but I promise to try and squeeze one in April. Thanks for enjoying it!
Very cute! I'd love to win one of your beautiful dresses :)
I'm also a follower
love it and I linked to you on FB :)
So cute, the ruffled sleeves are adorable.
The fabric is amazing, I havent seen any of it around my local fabric shops. The dress is gorgeous, I love, I love!!!
Gorgeous! Love the fabric.
beautiful dress, love the combination.
I follow grossgrain. :)
How refreshing, spring is really in the air! Thanks for the lovely giveaway.
yumihamano@gmail.com
so pretty and perfect. love it!
Beautiful dress and love the hair. Wishing I hadn't just cut all my hair off. :)
So pretty both the dress and the hair. I hope I win. I just wonder what size it is- you look pretty thin..... :)
lesliewilliams at hotmail dot com
this is a very sweet dress. I like that you wore it with tights for a "between season" styling. I could definitely see myself wearing this :)
beautiful dress! i am going to be on the lookout for that fabric!
this is great! wow! thanks!
nelly dot barney at yahoo dot com
i already follow Grosgrain! thanks!
nelly dot barney at yahoo dot com
I follow Grosgrain on Twitter!
@nellybarney
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tweet!
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So pretty and springy.. You are so talented!!
Lovely! I'm a big fan of your blog. Stay creative!
Forget winning something; I would just love you to tutorial ONE feature off each dress you make so that I could apply it to some distant project I intend to make but probably never will! You are AMAZING!
Lovely things!
I started to follow your blog :)
I love this dress and I love your blog!
The dress is beatuiful (of course, you made it)
and I absolutely adore the tights and shoes combo!
Love, love, love it!
Wow that dress is amazing. I love the fabric and the swirls of bias cut fabric. I love getting updates from your blog on my twitter feed :)
I love it, and the pale colour of the pics is very adequate for such a romantic dress
Helena, (from Spain)
helenytroy@gmail.com
What a great dress and the hairstyle is pretty Scandinavian....
And I am a follower :)
I love this! What great details. I love the shape, sleeves, and fabric swirls! I linked to it here:
http://themotleymongoose.blogspot.com/2011/03/spring-on-stick-frock-grosgrain.html
I love this post¡ I am a follower on twitter en I linked do in my blogg:
http://meigafeiticeira.blogspot.com/2011/03/spring-on-stick-frock-grosgrain.html
I adore this dress, and I can't wait for the hair tutorial.
Love the print on this dress! And love the bun too!
Already a follower of your blog
LInked to my blog...
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gorgeous dress!
i follow your blog!
i follow on twitter!
beautiful!
kelsieraec at gmail dot com
such a cute dress, just lovely.
janelle.colette at gmail dot com
I follow you!
Lovely for Spring! So cute.
Lovely!
i'm a grosgrain follower! :)
Wow! Please can I be your protoge'? :)
I just love love LOVE your blog. Super inspiring and such lovely ideas.
Cheers!
I'd love to have this beautiful dress!
I do have a question for you..."Do you actually give your dresses to the winners? I had a friend "win" one of your dresses, but she's never heard from you again, nor received the dress. I was so happy for her, but it's only been disappointing...
good (dot) cooker (at) hotmail (dot) com
Love your site. Was looking forward to spring/summer for your Frock by Friday series. I am still new to blog-land so leaving a comment and hoping to win :)
Leena
All of your clothes are so beautiful! I love this so much.
This is so pretty! I would love to win something like this!
I follow you!
I've been visiting your blog for a while but never commented before. But this dress is so beautiful and I would want it so much that this time I had to leave a comment :) Love your blog and your ideas! I wish I could sew...
That is SUCH a pretty dress!! Love the fabric, and the sleeves are GORGEOUS! I would love to win it..:)
~Lucia
lmmorud {at} gmail {dot} com
I am also a follower of your lovely blog! And look so pretty in all of your dresses, Ms. Frances. Your hair is gorgeous!
~Lucia
lmmorud {at} gmail {dot} com
Hi:) I love your's blog. I'm am 3 kids mom:) and take a free moments for sewing. I tweet about giveaway:)
very cute. I follow your blog.
redletteryear at gmail.com
I posted on my blog www.wyndsweptacres@blogspot.com and will also be on The Hive blog! and I will follow you here too--your site is awesome!!
Bridget
I started following on twitter. I love this dress and everything else! I wish I was as creative as you!
perfect spring dress! thanks for the giveaway!
How wonderful.
I am a follower and I posted the giveaway on my blog.
I hope I will get this point, where I can just sew a dress. Still working at it!
gorgeous! thanks for giving it away!! :)
Cardigans and Cookie Dough
So very sweet-hope I win this dress (it'll be the first thing I wear when I'm done hiking up my shirt to nurse every three hours) :) love your blog (I'm a follower) and look forward to more dress sewing tutorials!
I love it! The dress is so divine!
Hey! I follow via blogger! :)
I love it!! I've been trying to find a dress just like that, spring-y and light.
My goodness, this dress is so adorable. I love all your creations, but this one is just so romantic and summery. My mom actually used to braid my hair into a bun like that, because it was so long -I love the look.
I follow via blogger, I posted this giveaway on my facebook page (because I don't have a blog of my own) and Im posting a comment. Need to increase my chances of winning this amazing giveaway! :)
that fabric is awesome!
I follow via google reader. Love your work- so inspiring for this beginner.
I love it! And I would LOVE to win it as well. You are amazing.
This dress (and everything on this blog) is amazing!!! I really hope I win it! I love the pattern on the fabric, the shape of the dress, the subtle swirls! It is perfect color for me! I love it and really hope I win!
as always, gorgeous!
I LOVE the fabric!! I was at Joann's the other day drooling on it. I didn't get any, but I want to. Nice!
so precious! LOVE! and im a follower!
Mmm... I'd love to see that fabric up close! Looks really pretty.
i follow you and am in love with this fabric!
boon1211atgmaildotcom
super cute! I already follow you, though.
Posted a link! :)
I love this dress!
I follow you as well. You're the best for sewing tips!
I just love this fabric! I never see anything this lovely when I go to Joanns. It looks more Liberty of London. And the styling is as perfect as the dress. It's a fabulous piece.
This dress is great!
I've started following this blog. Abi and I were friends in high school and I actually remember meeting you once at the Kulp's pool (you look exactly the same!). I am in awe of your skills- I've just started sewing and your blog is such an inspiration :)
I'm a follower. This is a precious dress!
I follow.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Linked this to my facebook. :) Also, have tried to start following you but for some reason everytime I try I get a link error...
bc.brown@live.com
so dreamy.. :)
and I am following you..
Love this dress! I'm a follower!
what a beautiful dress, i love it with the peach sweater. Great hair!
I'm now following you on twitter! Would love this frock!
I began following you on Twitter. What a beautiful dress!
Beautiful! As usual!
Wow, that dress is lovely. :-)
I follow you on Twitter!
LOVE THIS DRESS!!! <3
i am already a follower! :D
following you on Twitter as gwenstella! (^_^)v
I love the dress, the print is wonderful!
I hope my last comment showed up, I got an error...
Anyway, I'm also a follower!
AHEM!!!! Where is the promised hair tutorial??? ;) Looking forward to it...
Beautifully done!
@SheilaI posted it here:
http://grosgrainfabulous.blogspot.com/2011/03/braids-2.html
You might have missed it if you don't follow me via google reader or an rss feed. To get all my posts please subscribe....
i already follow you! i love that dress...it's totally gorgeous. it better bring spring here, because it just snowed. again!
I am just leaving a comment! This dress is GREAT, very feminine and pretty! Thanks for the great giveaway!
bufordkyle at hotmail dot com
Posted about your dress on my blog :D
binarycatfish.blogspot.com
Its always thrilling looking at your blog. I marvel at all the things that can be done if only I sat still.
Love the dress and all your work- I just found your blog in the last couple weeks and have checked it constantly
just leaving a comment...
I have been watching your site for a few days now and it is WONDERFUL! All I want to do is go home and sew! I am now a follower and would feel blessed to be able to wear a piece of your clothing. Thanks for all the great ideas!
Adore this dress. The fabric is gorgeous. I just don't see anything like that here is regional Australia. So hope I win, I'd be honoured to wear it!
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anna_k67 at yahoo dot com
amazing dress!
anna_k67 at yahoo dot com
Wow! Love this dress. Are you going tell how you made it? I'd love to try this one!
I'm following
You are really talented Im following you.
I'm following! Presumably the dress only comes in one size, though... what size is it? If it's my size, I'd love to win ^_^
Such a pretty fabric!
Love this dress...so springy!
I follow you :)
I tweeted about it @Dorian_BSM
And I follow you on Twitter!
Beautiful dress, but all of yours are.
Love it!
I'm a follower :) What a Spring beauty!
I think I'm too late for the giveaway but I just wanted to tell you that I love the dress. Very pretty fabric too.
http://cinnamonpink.typepad.com/
i love the dress I want to win
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