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For our 25th Ann. I made a pictorial wall hanging. Used my wedding dress on "me" and even went to DH closet and cut a foot off a pair of his slacks for "him" :) Turned out great.
Oh my reply to DH when asked about the pants was "well the other leg is ok" lol

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I didn't have a wedding gown. But I made the veils for both of my daughters. I took the left over lace and made baptismal dresses for their first daughters and used the lace for those gowns. I have thought about making one out of a gown, there is a resale shop in town that has a sale on wedding gowns for $20 once a year. I may get motivated this year and buy at least one.

I longarmed quilted one silk/satin top for my aunt after that said no to quilting slick crawly fabric .

I didn't have a wedding dress so don't have to worry about this. :-)

But I have a similar dilemma so will follow this thread and see what I can learn. I have a wedding kimono that I brought back from Japan many years ago. Beautiful white kimono with iridescent threads running through it. I was going to cut it up and make a jacket out of it then saw one for sale at $400 and got scared to cut it. So it is still packed away. I just get it out and look at it every now and then. If I ever get the nerve up to cut, all of my scraps will go into a crazy quilt.

I plan to use my wedding gown to make wedding quilts for my kids. Of course, my children won't be getting married for 20-30 years...so I have lots of time. lol

Question for all you wonderful, informative ladies! I had my wedding gown preserved 41 years ago. When our first daughter was engaged, I took it out of the box, and, somehow, it has become discolored in one place. We had lived in GA for 12 years, and I think the heat got into the box. I probably had it stored in the wrong place. My daughters were not the size as I was when I got married, so I thought of making Christening outfits, but I was afraid to attempt it. Now, it is a little late (9 grandchildren later). There still may be some more grandchildren born in the future, and the quilt looks fantastic! Any suggestions on handwashing the lace on the wedding gown? I am not comfortable with the local cleaners to trust their cleaning the delicate fabric and lace. Any advice would be appreciated, and I thank you ladies for all your experience.

My church ladies group, along with other groups make Christening gowns for less fortunate babies and their families. We have also made burial dresses and little suits for dear angel babies. Its good to see the fabric put to wonderful uses. I have also heard of large families taking their mothers dress and making small keepsakes for each child such as pillows, Christmas tree ornaments, handkerchiefs, scarfs, or incorporating parts of it into new wedding dresses. My daughters dress contains parts of mine, her grandmothers and great-grandmothers lace.

This was common when I grew up.

I made my daughter a Christening gown out of mine 33 years ago. She used it for her first daughter.