Libby's dress

With a whole week(!) to go, I've finished Libby's christening dress.  That's quite impressive for me.  I wouldn't say I left things until the last minute, but I have been known to still be finishing dresses for the nieces the day before they were required.

Do you remember the trim that I didn't think would come off the wedding dress in one piece?  Well it turns out it did.  So I've been able to use it around the waist of the dress.

We've got buttons down the back.

And now for the Ta-Dah moment...  Are you ready...

My ironing board wouldn't quite fit the length of the dress on.  Of course I didn't think of spreading it out on the floor until after I'd taken the shots.  I did cover the ironing board for you though.  I was trying to be a bit arty.

And as a sort of bonus, with some of the leftover fabric and trim, I made...

Some really cute, teeny, tiny shoes!

They may well be the cutest things I've ever made!  The fabric and trim all came from the wedding dress, but the organza ribbon is some I had in my stash.  I was going to put some of the trim over the top of the shoes, but I couldn't coordinate myself and I thought it might be too difficult to actually get feet in and out of them.

I can't quite believe I've finished.  And I've been very good, I haven't pointed out any mistakes at all in this post!