Since I'd used a set of heart buttons on the neckline, I decided to add a whimsical little chained crochet heart down at the hem and see if that would do it... and it did. 
One other difference from the pattern: I was running out of that dark wine colored yarn, so I had to end the dress about 9 rows early. I foresaw the shortage, so I added the length in the pink but it does have a tendency to curl at the bottom hem. Careful blocking will fix that, I'm pretty sure.
In the detail pictures, you can see exactly how many tiny stitches there are in this dress. It reminds me of a book from when I was younger, about a maybe 20-something orphaned man with one hand who falls in love with a girl from town, maybe the daughter of the mayor or something. It has been ages since I read it and it seems incredibly sappy now! Anyway, the man gets hurt, and the girl realizes she loves him too and sets out to find his parents to prove to him that he is good enough for her. They were killed in the same fire that took his hand when he was a baby, but the girl gets some of his baby clothes from his relatives. She reassures him that his parents did love him... the way she can tell is because of the tiny stitches in his christening dress. My niece-to-be, may you never forget how much you're loved... but if you somehow forget, just look at this tiny dress and know that every stitch was crafted with love.
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