Wedding dress quilt
#51
Originally Posted by gaigai
I'm so glad that no one has done this with our family wedding dresses. My niece just got engaged, and at her wedding she is going to have a display of 4 generations of wedding dresses. Here she is in them, but she isn't wearing any of them. They will just be on display. We are so thrilled to have them.
#52
While I can`t use my wedding dress(not strong enough material), my daughter ask me to make her a quilt from the brides- made dresses. I just couldn`t do it, she stood up for lots of weddings, 3 black, 1 slate (dk.gray) 1 purple, 1 dk green, 1 burgandy, and 1 multi print. But so many different types of material that I`m sure I would never get them to lay properly.
#54
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Originally Posted by no1jan
The post I believe you are talking about is: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-106209-1.htm
What a gorgeous pair of quilts and pillows.
My dh and I eloped so I never had a wedding dress. Next year, 2012 will be our 40th wedding anniversary. I have picked up 2 wedding gowns off of Freecycle to make a wedding quilt. Both posts I was up front in telling them what I was planning to do with the dress.
I just learned to quilt last year, but my goal is to have this quilt made by next August. I never wanted a wedding dress, but an Anniversary Quilt is a different story!
What a gorgeous pair of quilts and pillows.
My dh and I eloped so I never had a wedding dress. Next year, 2012 will be our 40th wedding anniversary. I have picked up 2 wedding gowns off of Freecycle to make a wedding quilt. Both posts I was up front in telling them what I was planning to do with the dress.
I just learned to quilt last year, but my goal is to have this quilt made by next August. I never wanted a wedding dress, but an Anniversary Quilt is a different story!
#55
These are great ideas. I'm not ready yet to cut into my dress. But it has been used. The daughter of a friend got invited to prom at the last minute. She wore my wedding dress. (It's red velvet. White is so overdone). The petticoats have been worn many times under other dresses for madrigals dinners and such. I still have the prom dress that my Mom made for me. Pink satin with white maraboo feathers. I saw a christening gown once made from a wedding dress. It was gorgeous. And a great keepsake. Memories need to be cherished, however that works for you.
#56
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: Clayton, NC, USA
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Wedding Dress Quilt
I love to make wedding dress quilts, wall hangings and pillows! It's one of my specialties at Mary Manson Quilts. I'm currently working on one that has lots of ruffles, it will be a wall hanging for a grand baby. Here are pictures of some others I've made.
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#58
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Join Date: Oct 2011
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My wedding dress will be 32 years old this summer. My mom made it, as I knew exactly what I wanted and refused to even try on a dress. I would not even think about cutting it up. I did take the scraps and am working that fabric into a wedding quilt for my daughter. My dress is one of the few things I have left that my mom made for me, and I want to leave it just the way she made it.
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