Avery’s Silk Lined Baptismal Gown Made from Grandmother’s Wedding Dress

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Handmade Silk White Pink Long Baptismal Christening Gown from grandmother wedding gown. Vintage, Anagrassia, custom made, Floral, flowers, ruffles, pinafore

The out­er bap­tismal dress lay­er: Avery’s grand­moth­er’s wed­ding dress (organ­za and flo­ral trim) 

The inner bap­tismal lay­er: white stretch silk charmeuse

Handmade Silk White Pink Long Baptismal Christening Gown from grandmother wedding gown. Vintage, Anagrassia, custom made, Floral, flowers, ruffles, pinafore

I loved work­ing with Avery’s moth­er and grand­moth­er! They both shared opin­ions on what they liked/wanted, but they also gave me the free­dom to design what I thought would look best. 

Ulti­mate­ly, I decid­ed to design some­thing like the grand­moth­er’s wed­ding dress and use as much of the grand­moth­er’s fab­ric as possible.

(The flo­ral trim pinafore and waist­band remind­ed me of the grand­moth­er’s square flo­ral trim neckline.)

Handmade Silk White Pink Long Baptismal Christening Gown from grandmother wedding gown. Vintage, Anagrassia, custom made, Floral, flowers, ruffles, pinafore
(I almost made the sleeves like this.)

Handmade Silk White Pink Long Baptismal Christening Gown from grandmother wedding gown. Vintage, Anagrassia, custom made, Floral, flowers, ruffles, pinafore

Handmade Silk White Pink Long Baptismal Christening Gown from grandmother wedding gown. Vintage, Anagrassia, custom made, Floral, flowers, ruffles, pinafore

Handmade Silk White Pink Long Baptismal Christening Gown from grandmother wedding gown. Vintage, Anagrassia, custom made, Floral, flowers, ruffles, pinafore

Handmade Silk White Pink Long Baptismal Christening Gown from grandmother wedding gown. Vintage, Anagrassia, custom made, Floral, flowers, ruffles, pinafore
Work in Progress Photo

Handmade, Sewing, Ivory,Blog, Fashion, Couture, Baby, Toddler, Lace, Silk, White, Pink, Long, Baptismal, Christening, Gown, mother, grandmother, wedding, gown, Vintage, Anagrassia, custom made, Floral, flowers, ruffles, pinafore

Handmade Silk White Pink Long Baptismal Christening Gown from grandmother wedding gown. Vintage, Anagrassia, custom made, Floral, flowers, ruffles, pinafore

Handmade Silk White Pink Long Baptismal Christening Gown from grandmother wedding gown. Vintage, Anagrassia, custom made, Floral, flowers, ruffles, pinafore

Handmade Silk White Pink Long Baptismal Christening Gown from grandmother wedding gown. Vintage, Anagrassia, custom made, Floral, flowers, ruffles, pinafore

Handmade Silk White Pink Long Baptismal Christening Gown from grandmother wedding gown. Vintage, Anagrassia, custom made, Floral, flowers, ruffles, pinafore
Work in Progress
(Bow or no bow?)

Handmade Silk White Pink Long Baptismal Christening Gown from grandmother wedding gown. Vintage, Anagrassia, custom made, Floral, flowers, ruffles, pinafore

Handmade Silk White Pink Long Baptismal Christening Gown from grandmother wedding gown. Vintage, Anagrassia, custom made, Floral, flowers, ruffles, pinafore

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