Project Run and Play Sew Along Week 3: It's All in the Details

This weeks Project Run and Play challenge was to choose your favorite clothing detail (like piping, ruffles, buttons, etc.) and run with it...
Well, I love to crochet and I love crochet trim and applique on little girls clothing.
My initial idea was to create a simple A-Line dress with asymmetrical colorblocking, but with the colorblocking done in crochet rather than contrasting fabric.
I chose a coral color knit fabric and a turquoise yarn.  I sketched up a pattern for the dress and started crocheting the color block section...
Apparently, I also started daydreaming about the beach, because all of a sudden my color block section started looking like the crest of an ocean wave.
Cool.
I love the beach, too.
I exaggerated the wave shape and ditched the coral knit in favor of this sandy colored cotton print and a soft turquoise trim and I could almost hear the waves crashing on the shore.

I added tiny beads of glistening light reflecting off of the water and a small cascade of beads splashing off the top of the wave.  The strands of beads swing and dance with the movement of the dress, fun!

I finished the arm holes with thin strips of hand made bias tape and the neck has encased elastic.  

I crocheted this sweet little necklace using a coordinating mercerized cotton yarn.

This dress makes me long for hot summer days spent splashing in the surf at my favorite beach.

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