What a busy week it has been! If you visited this week's Sew & Tell party, you will recall that I was making dresses for our Granddaughters. They will be baptized on Sunday. We have had some beautiful weather all week and wanted to take advantage of it to work in the camper... but we both had work to get accomplished. So... we devised a plan to work in the shop and studio until 2 pm, and then head to the camper. (I'll give a full update on the camper reno in a few days with the next Sew & Tell party.)
I started with three wedding dresses... my intention was to make three smaller dresses using pieces, parts and leftover fabric so that each baptism dress included a portion of all three dresses.
After a quick fitting session on Sunday, I got right to work. Each of the girls had a special request. Thankfully, I was able to fulfill each request.
Here's a look at each dress as they were originally made...
Here's a look at the three dresses ready for Sunday...
Our daughter Rebecca suggested that I make some special keepsake ornaments with scraps. Mom came to help and it seemed right that I include fabric from her wedding dress as well. She made her dress in 1960... and remade it a few years later to make a dress for me in 1967.
Each dress could be included in a 4-patch with the back of the keepsake made from "their dress". The backing for the grands came from their Momma's wedding dress.
The good news is that there was enough leftover fabric from making Heather's dress in 2014 that I didn't need to actually cut into the dress. Should one of her daughters choose to wear the dress at her wedding, it is available.
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