First of all let me just say that my mom is the greatest mom ever! This entire project is her idea and pretty much all her work. I'm just a sewing lackey on this one.

So many women spend alot of money on their wedding dresses for their big day. It becomes not only a financial investment but a huge emotional one. I think we all dream that our daughters will someday wear our dresses. That they will love it as much as we did and they will be honoured to do so. But tastes differ between mothers and daughters and fashion changes very quickly.

With this in mind my mother has found a use for her wedding dress that will be treasured not only by her only daughter but her sons as well, and our children and their children to come.

Using a pattern she's purchased "eons" ago she will be making a baptismal gown out of her wedding dress.
Our Caleb will be the first baby to wear it at his baptism in July.

Because we followed a pattern I'm not going to print instructions, but I will offer some of the tips that we came up with.

First of all take your time. Sounds silly but when your working with this material you can't run out to the fabric store if a mistake is made! Layout all your supplies and materials to ensure you have all the pieces.

  Iron or steam the dress to ensure accuracy in measuring and cutting.

We decided to cut the dress intact, meaning we pinned the overlay to the underneath, cut the seams, then pinned the pattern pieces to the dress. Typically, when sewing you would cut the same piece of pattern twice once for the overlay, then for the underneath. This method saves time but requires precision.

We're not quite done but stay tuned for pictures of the finished project and more pictures and tips of the work in progress.