My daughter chose this pattern out of all the options I gave her to use as her flower girl dress along with my niece. The size only goes up to 6, but she is very thin, so I figured if I use a yarn that’s a bit thicker than the fashion crochet thread, it might turn out okay. Her cousin is bigger than she is, so adjustments will have to be made.
05/16/2012 I’ve got as far as the left back strap and it looks like I’m going to have to lengthen the straps and probably add a few horizontal rows in the back so that the sides will meet…either that or take it all apart and start all over. :-\ Also, my FPDC’s don’t seem to line up the way it’s supposed to, I suppose my impatience and lack of attention to detail gets the best of me once again.

06/04/2012 We recently took a shopping trip to get ideas for bridesmaid dresses. This was enough to get my daughter to change her mind and ask for a poufy dress. Being that I’m all about DIY, I was determined to keep these dresses my project and not give in to the department store temptations. I did end up lengthening the straps and adding width to the top with the single crocheted rows in the back and luckily she changed her mind before I started on the skirt portion of the dress. I purchased several yards of tulle and cut them to 72” lengthwise 6” widthwise strips. I added a row of DC’s to the bottom row and used those as holes to poke the tulle strips through. Basically, it was three holes per color: I worked in a pattern and used 2 strips of the same color, skipped a hole followed by 2 strips of the next color, skipped a hole, 2 strips of the next color, skipped etc. The strips when folded made 36” and tied in 2 knots to stay in place. For the sleeves, I followed the instructions but left the final row out. She is quite happy with this and I only used one skein for her top. On to the next dress.