Barbie Antibellum dress

[FelixLake]

I need to start with a little background. My daughter was in the Azalea Trail for 3 years. (For those of you who don't know what this is. It is a southern tradition where one Sunday every spring, we take our teenage daughters, dress them up in big dresses and hats, introduce them to society, then make them stand in a strangers yard waving at traffic for a couple of hours.) Two of those years she wore a dress that I had made using the pattern for the green b-b-que dress from Gone with the Wind. We did it in purple since she looks so good in purple. Here is a picture of her in the dress:

 

I was looking recently at a crochet magazine and noticed a barbie dress that looked kind of like her dress. I got some purple (Yes that's purple, it just didn't photograph well) thread, altered the pattern a little and found a barbie that looked something like my daughter.

Here is the result:

 

 

I hope you like it.

[Kimberly]

Great job.....on both dresses!!! What a great tradition!

[Sue89]

That's beautiful, and what a great way to memorialize those days in your daughter's life. Your description of the Azalea Trail event had me laughing. Ya gotta love tradition.

[faithpa76]

Wow both gorgeous!

[Katchkan]

Both are lovely, Your daughter has beautiful shoulders and really carries off that dress well.

[mimi_mia]

The dresses are both beautiful, I love that you made the dolls dress to match your daughters, you should be proud of both of them

[bubblefizz]

Gorgeous Both dresses, wow i would love to be able to dress up like that for a day or 2 LOL

Well done!!

[Empress Busy Bee]

Great job and a cool memory for her.

[Kathleen]

The Barbie dress is really cute.. and the dress on your gorgeous daughter is lovely! You are very talented!

[RachelG]

I love both purple dresses!

[klouised]

What a great idea! I like it. I'm sure your daughter is touched by it too.

[jaclim]

Beautiful! Both daughter and Barbie!

[mimicat]

Wow,very pretty!! You're daughter and barbie are so beautiful in those dresses!!

[yarncat]

Stunning!

[FelixLake]

Thanks...

 

My daughter hasn't seen the barbie yet. I'm mailing it to her for her birthday next week.

She is actually now a Marine!!! Can you believe it?

 

[Tobydog]

Absolutely beautiful!

 

Tobydog

[Jewels]

It looks GREAT!! What a wonderful keepsake.

[crochetrae]

How talented you are!!!

 

Susan Rae

[Tampa Doll]

Love the Barbie dress.

 

Beautiful picture of you daughter also.

 

Wow what a change from Purple to Green?

I am partial to Barbies and yours is beautiful.

[mustnggrrl00]

Both girls are stunning!