So I decided to make this dress for my friend Val's wedding because all of the dresses on the market are babydoll dresses...and you other "well endowed" ladies out there know that wearing those just makes you look pregnant. I'm not really down for that, and I hate that I couldn't find a dress that flattered my lovely hour glass figure. The flip side of that is that I was motivated to make a dress for myself, which turned out quite like I imagined it. Here's the sketch so you can see what I envisioned before I started:
This is a crocheted dress (in case you're not familiar with my craft) and it is made with Caron's Simply Soft yarn in Heather Gray. I used about 6 skeins to complete this dress. In creating this dress, I didn't use a pattern, but knew I wanted something warm and beautiful. I didn't want to look like a 5th grader in my dad's sweater.
I crocheted from the bottom up and tried it on as I went. I used my own measurements for waist and bust shaping and used a nice lace pattern from The Crochet Bible for the back details and bottom edging. I'm in love with this piece and trying to think of a reason to wear it again!
3 comments:
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That's a great dress - it looks really good on you :0) And I so know what you mean about baby doll dresses on us curvy girls ! Yeuch !
That looks great on you! It fits you just right.
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