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\"I just kind of wanted to do something for myself,\" Mendez told \"GMA.\" \"Because most of the time my mom was doing other stuff, so I wanted to help out, and I just want to push my limits for crocheting.\"

\"So, I was just like, you know what, why not? I'll try it.\"

Mendez said her process for creating her quinceañera dress took roughly up to four hours per day and about four months to complete.

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PHOTO: Noemi Mendez,15, crocheted her own unique quinceañera dress and hopes to pass it along if she ever has a daughter of her own.
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\"I've also cried so many times, because I see the talent in my daughter,\" Mendez's mother, Daisy Hernandez, told \"GMA.\" \"I know sometimes she doesn't see her talent. She's like, yeah, you're just telling me I'm talented, just because you're my mom. But just seeing all the love and support people have given her, it just, as as a mom, it makes me cry.\"

She continued, \"Seeing my daughter, I'm just like, wow, it just looks so beautiful. I'm like, wow, you did this, you know, with your hands. Your little hands, 'cause they're little hands to me.\"

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Courtesy of Noemi Mendez
PHOTO: Noemi Mendez,15, crocheted her own unique quinceañera dress and hopes to pass it along if she ever has a daughter of her own.
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Hernandez went on to share how seeing her daughter become a woman truly makes her happy, and how emotional the celebration was for her. \"She's not this little girl anymore,\" Hernandez said.

While her quinceañera has passed, Mendez plans on keeping the dress she created, saying, \"I'm going to save it for the future so when I have a daughter, I can hand it to her, if she wants a quinceañera.\"

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