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Making "Something Old" from Grandmother's Wedding Dress?

I have 2 daughters who will someday marry. My mother's wedding dress is still in her attic and is very worn, fragile, and grayish in color. I want to use pieces of her dress to create "something old" for each of them to have on their wedding day. Her veil is also with the dress and I want to incorporate this into my plan.

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Any ideas?

Thanks.

By Ann

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August 23, 20111 found this helpful
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You can make a 'hanky' for each girl, with parts of the dress fabric, and the veil for a lace border. Part of each could be used on the ring bearer's pillow, if they are planning to use one.

 
December 18, 20190 found this helpful

I had my mother's wedding dress. I had 3 memory bears made for my brother, sister and me. I also made some Christmas ornaments from the leftover fabric.

 
October 20, 20210 found this helpful

An artist friend made a 3 dimensional painting from pieces of my dress in the shape of my daughters dress. It was gorgeous.

 
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July 18, 20220 found this helpful

My granddaughter used lace from my dress to wrap her bridal bouquet. It was very special since her grandfather had died years before she was born.

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Her mother was only 7 months old when he died. He was there for his granddaughter he never even met on her wedding day.

 

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August 25, 20111 found this helpful
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This is what I did with my mother's old gown. I asked the florist to incorporate part of the lace of my mother's dress in to their bridal bouquet. The florist did an amazing job and it looked beautiful. I did this for all 3 of our daughters. My mother was passed away by the time our daughters got married, so this was a very special way to include her in the ceremony. I hope your daughter has a beautiful wedding and a happy marriage.

 

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August 24, 20110 found this helpful

Don't distroy the old dress. Find something else to give them that is old.

 

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August 24, 20111 found this helpful

Excellent idea fatboyslimsmom I was thinking the same thing. That dress is just going to waste away in the attic and end up being a tattered rag.

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The girls will have something to keep maybe hand down to their daughters when they get married.

 
August 28, 20110 found this helpful

Baptismal gown.

 
July 18, 20160 found this helpful

For my son & future daughter-in-laws wedding, I'm making a ring bearer pillow from her mothers dress & mine. I'm sewing tubes approximately 1 1/2" wide from both dresses then weaving them together for the pillow top.

 

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