The wedding gown make over is finished! Hurrah! Hurrah!… the sewing, lace shaping and general constructions really didn’t take all that long, the longest time spend on the dress was the beading. It began with trying to copy the original beading on the wedding gown, should be easy, I told myself! I traced the design off, drew it on paper then decided it would be much to large on the yoke of the little dress, so I drew it free hand on the dress using a wash out marker. I cut the beads off of the dress, determined to use as much of this dress a I could in construction of the baby gown. Yes, it would have been much easier to go buy a couple packages of pearls but that would defeat the purpose of recycling the wedding gown altogether! Cutting and sorting took quite a bit of time, but was pretty much mindless busy work. After drawing the design on the yokes, I searched out a beading needle and thread and begin my hand work. The dress, beads and supplies traveled with me several places including a family reunion. Most everyone in the family asked WHY was I making such a dress and WHO was if for? Having no babies in my immediate family at present they were all wondering if I might be expecting a grandchild that no one had confessed about as yet. NO, not right now, the dress was made just for the shear enjoyment of making something beautiful. I wonder if a child will ever wear it? Maybe, maybe not. If not, I will have the best dress dolls around for years that is if there is no girl child in my future. Ok, enough said, here is a photo of the finished dress. Oh, one other note, I did finish it in time for the Lincoln County Fair that is held in early September. It was entered as a recycled garment and took first place in that category. Another Blue to add to my ever growing collection. I do have plans to make a matching bonnet and maybe diaper cover and booties one day, in my free time, when I have nothing else to work on. I’ll post those pictures too, someday!
