I actually bought the pattern for this dress back in Japan when I first got interested in Thread crochet. We weren’t pregnant yet, but getting ready for it. Then the next baby was a boy, so this didn’t work. Then we had a miscarriage and THEN got pregnant with this little girl. But because of the miscarriage I was nervous to start it, and couldn’t quite get as invested until pretty far along into my pregnancy. Good thing I get manic once I get started. I finished this dress start, restart (the gauge wasn’t quite right and after doing half the top I restarted) to finish took 2 weeks!
Making the under dress was more of a challenge. I had to make the pattern up myself. The dress itself fit great, but the under dress was a bit too tight! But isn’t this dress exquisite? You can’t see it but there are small pink beads crochet into the dress. I bought a second pattern from the same designer. I wonder if I’ll get to make it ever (hint hint hubby!)
It had a sweet little hat too. I should have made it bigger as well, it barely fit around her noggin! We moved when she was 5 weeks old so I didn’t get around to getting her professional pictures taken until she was 2 months old! Luckily it still fit, barely!
These shoes! SOOO precious, but the shoes I made to fit the pattern didn’t even come CLOSE to fitting my Sasquatch. I doubled the footprint size, and it was still too small in the end. But it fit for this one day, and really that’s all it needed to fit for!
Deb
You did an amazing job….and what a precious baby girl!!!
Ashlee
She’s a doll. of course she was much less trouble then! HA!
Bridgette
WHAT A SWEET little girl! The dress is PERFECT! And the story behind it all is touching! Thanks for joining us for another great Anything Related! ~Bridgette
Ashlee
Thanks for hosting! It’s so fun to share and discover!
Lisa~
So precious! Those little feet! I wanna eat ’em! I have heirloom gowns that I made for each of my babies…but I didn’t crochet them. I am amazed! Lovely, lovely job. Lisa~
Ashlee
My mom sewed all the other three. And the dress she created for my oldest? Masterpiece. I should share it She has an amazing talent for sewing. (she used to make her own bra’s and my dad’s suits! crazy!)
Joy
Beautiful dress and the baby is just adorable.
Congrats on both.
Ashlee
Thanks, although it was over 3 years ago! This was The Naked One as a baby~
amberly
hey any luck finding the pattern??
Ashlee
did you get the info from the last comment? the email address used from the pay pal account where I bought it from? We’re in the middle of remodeling our basement apartment. my crafts supplies are all in storage for the next 2 month at least. But that paypal info might help.
Amberly
I’m sorry I didn’t see that comment, but I just went back up and read it… thank you! I will try with that!
Ashlee
I’m so glad. I was worried that maybe it wasn’t showing up for some strange reason. I’m new to wordpress hosting so I’m not sure how adding email addresses to a comment works!
Amberly
I was able to track down this pattern, thank you for the information! I am so excited to attempt to make this!
Ashlee
WONDERFUL! I’m so excited for you. Let me know how it goes!
amberly
hey so I have been trying to make this dress and cannot get it to work! No matte how many times I start over and re check it my numbers are always off. I even had my grandma who is a master crocheter try it and she couldn’t get it to work either… Did you have any trouble??? I’m so sad… I wanted to make it so bad but it just frusturating me…
Ashlee
It was almost 4 years ago for me, so I don’t really remember it all. I do remember that I made the first few rows and realized it was WAY to big. I guess my gauge was off. Anyway I ended up making it smaller. I took it in a bit. I don’t remember exactly how, but it involved looking at the layers between the body and the skirt and made sure I took out the right amount of stitches so it wouldn’t mess up the skirt. Again, once I’m done with the remodeling I hope I’ll be able to find it and maybe I can look at it and tell you exactly what I did. When do you need to be done by? I’m sorry, but I tend to take all directions with a little bit of intuition on the side! Oh… I think I might have the dress closer at hand than the directions. Maybe I can look at that for you.
amberly
I emailed the designer and she has been helping me to figure it out. The pattern has some flaws but with her help it is going much smoother now. I’m not to good at figuring out a solution on my own when it comes to crochet. I just had my baby two weeks ago so I’m trying to get it done as soon as possible. Hopefully it continues to go smoothly from here on out. Thanks for your help. Don’t worry about finding the dress or pattern right now…i will let you know if I need anymore help!
Ashlee
I’m so glad you got some help! I can’t believe your working on this with a new born! It took me 2 weeks straight while preggers! You are amazing! I can’t WAIT to see it!
Millie
How do I get the pattern for the thread Christening Dress
Ashlee
I bought it, you’d have to buy it too, I can’t share another designers work. http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/beaded-diamond-delight-christening-set