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Sunflower dress

Hi!!!

It was almost a year since I made this small summer dress just in time for my summer getaway :) drew a sketch of the dress and got inspired to make the stitch for the sunflower motif :)

Concept Design / Sketch of the Sunflower Dress

Concept Design / Sketch of the Sunflower Dress

Disclaimer, I have a notebook with already builtin drawing of tiny girls in poses, so do not get mislead that I know how to draw croquis!

 

Anyways, so after crocheting 3 layers of the floral motif  in pale yellow with leaves in blue green hues, I decided to crochet the top layer in white :) just so to emphasize the design below but still using the same motif.

Next layer of motifs in white

Next layer of motifs in white

Then the rest of the body is done in ch mesh :) i made sure that i partitioned the stitches in parts where there would be ‘folds’ and stretches because of the upper body’s curves.

Upper mesh

Upper mesh

Then i filled in the gaps by just crocheting dc’s in between :)

Filling in the gaps

Filling in the gaps

Then continue crocheting the upper part to form the upper part. A little shaping for the sleeves and the neckline :) Ohh… some small florets for the neckline :) and voila :)

Tada! the sunflower dress

Tada! the sunflower dress

I added some tassels below the hemline :) just for a little flirty look. And because I am not a pretty model, I imported my husband’s cousin to model the dress for me :) and it looked so pretty. well, she is so pretty 😀

 

Ginantsilyo = Gorgeous

You can say that again when you see these:

White Beach Crocheted Shorts by Ginantsilyo

White Beach Crocheted Shorts by Ginantsilyo

White Beach Crocheted Shorts by Ginantsilyo

White Beach Crocheted Shorts by Ginantsilyo

White Beach Crocheted Shorts by Ginantsilyo

White Beach Crocheted Shorts by Ginantsilyo

White Beach Crocheted Shorts by Ginantsilyo

White Beach Crocheted Shorts by Ginantsilyo

White Beach Crocheted Shorts by Ginantsilyo

White Beach Crocheted Shorts by Ginantsilyo

Unfortunately, this design is no longer available :) You can contact me if you want to order a custom design for your own beach getaway :)

Incoming – Ginantsilyo on sale

I have four projects (for sale) I am currently working on, two bags and two clothes. Since I am really a dressmaker by heart, I really prefer working on clothes even though the bags are almost done. So here they are:

White and Blue Crochet

White and Blue Crochet

 

The two projects are a blouse and a skirt.  This is my courageous attempt to remake my white crocheted cover up, which I swore I won’t do again, ever, because of the tedious stitches used for the lace. But the design is really lovely and eye candy, so I mustered the courage to post it on my facebook page as an incoming for sale, and lo and behold, I received an order for this blouse.

The blouse retails at P2,000 crocheted using a 1.60mm hook and cotton yarn. I must say I like this rendition better than what I was able to make for myself, because the yarn I used is softer and thinner. The lace came out the way I wanted it, full and clean.

Circular Motifs

Circular Motifs

And here is the skirt, which is my mom’s first project but I have taken over to add the rectangular motifs around the waist.

Lace and Motif

Lace and Motif

The skirt retails at P1,200 crocheted using 2.10mm hook and cotton blend yarn.

I modified the original design because I cannot rest on just seeing the same pattern for the whole skirt. Our initial plan is to create a monochrome effect by changing to a different lighter colored yarn but it did not work out, so I have to plan for a better effect. I have tried several motifs and finally found the right one. :)

It’s kinda nice, that I can spend my weekend at home with my family and while watching some tv, I am crafting while dreaming for the stuffs we will put in our new house  with a prospect of getting some money out of my crocheted projects. :)