This is gorgeous! How long do you think it took?

[Kathleen]

http://www.irishlacemuseum.com/crochet.html

 

Click on the dress for a close up.

 

I made a irish crochet wedding dress once and it took FOREVER and it was nowhere near this intricate.

 

Are there even patterns out there for this kind of dress, or did they just use regular dress patterns and crochet pieces to match the pattern piece.

[smyz64]

Wow!!!

[mythunderbird]

i am thinking thats fantastic, omg it is beautiful. i think that would take me like a year or so. thanks for sharing it. some day i plan on making a crocheted wedding gown, but won't be as beautiful as that. thanks for sharing:manyheart

[Katchkan]

I have seen pictures of Irish Crochet dresses that would leave you breathless. They are so beautiful. Some day I will do me a dress or a skirt. I have done a collar that took about 2 months to create so I know how much work goes into one of these dresses. Also remember that most of these were done in a size 80 to 100 thread. They were true works of art.

There were no patterns They cut a piece of fabric or paper and fit the different motifs to each piece arranging them to their satisfaction. Once they had that figured out, then they basted the motifs into place, then they crocheted in between to connect all the motifs. then the fabric or paper was removed and they had the piece for the dress.

Oh I didn't mean to go on and on. Irish Crochet is my true passion. Just don't get as much time to play with it as I would like.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a219/Katchkan/irishcrochetcollar.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a219/Katchkan/irishcrochetcoller.jpg

I added a couple pictures of the collar I did if you are interested in seeing it.

[dixieredhead]

I'm unable to fathom how long that took. It is exquisite:drool. Kathy, the collar is beautiful! Your quite the artist with thread.

 

 

I'm putting the ruffles on the purse, btw....

[goldengal]

omg katchkan...that is AMAZING! i've never tried irish crochet before but I think i'm inspired.....

[RachelG]

Absolutely amazing!!!

[faithpa76]

That is absolutely gorgeous!!

[cat_haven]

Your collar is very beautiful..

As far as how long to make the dress. Maybe they started making the thing as soon as the child was born. That would be about how long it would take me to make one. 18 years or so.

[Emily]

That's gorgeous! I'm not sure what it does for my idle desire to crochet my wedding dress, though. That probably took ages!

[vernzap]

Wow! Everything at that site is beautiful. I have no idea how long it would take to create the wedding dress, but my guess would be a decade or more. Do you think the lady who made that knew she was an artist?

[bethanyjoy]

That's beautiful!

[Lilo~FL]

That is absolutley amazing. I hope that someday I would be able to make something that beautiful.

[Cuddlefish]

I suspect they put the girl to work on her 12th birthday, and told her that she couldn't marry until it was done.

[Lowrancer]

remember traditional irish lace was a community effort so that could have been done in just a few weeks

[Cuddlefish]

Wow, that makes it even cooler.

[tweety256]

I am curently trying my hand at a Irish crochet wedding dress. It does take a long time to do but well worth it.

[Lowrancer]

I am curently trying my hand at a Irish crochet wedding dress. It does take a long time to do but well worth it.

ditto that been making the motifs since my daughter was one (she is 7 now) that way as the time draws nearer ill start making the netting to join them together but luckily I have another decade or so to finish it.

[LoriZubie]

I suspect they put the girl to work on her 12th birthday, and told her that she couldn't marry until it was done.

 

Yeah... and she's just getting married at 42 because it took her 30 years to finish! :lol

[Qmare]

I added a couple pictures of the collar I did if you are interested in seeing it.

 

 

You do such extrordinary work!

[MARCILEE]

I think that would take me a life-time and a half!

[snbarclay]

that is awsome beyond words. and looks like it would take a very long time to do . good luck .

[lovingmommy]

hamana, hamana, hamana, hamana, hamana, hamana, hamana.....

[jaclim]

WOW! That's a beautiful gown!

Kathy, I really love your Irish collar......it's so elegant!

[rachelann]

Wow!!!

yeah what she said