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Posted by Liz W on February 28, 2007, 10:39 pm
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> > Hi all,
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> > I've received my first request to make a christening dress for a 6
> > month old baby girl from her mother's wedding gown. So far I've only
> > used finer cottons for christening dresses. Any advice? The only
> > thing popping in my head is to make sure the wedding gown has been dry
> > cleaned. The mother has expressed interest in having the train from
> > the wedding gown used in the dress. As of today the entire project
> > has not moved passed a phone call but I like to be prepared for any
> > job that may come my way before the client is in my shop. I'm all
> > ears! Fire away and thank you for your help.
>
> > Liz
>
> Have only repaired/restored vintage cotton or linen christening gowns
> made from bridal gowns of the same material, but one thing comes to mind
> at once: dry cleaning. IMHO wet cleaning is a far better alternative for
> dealing with baby spew and other soils likely to be encountered by a
> christening gown. Of course if the child will only have the dress on for
> church, then changed into something else, it may not matter. If the
> bridal gown has been dry cleaned, you may wish to have it air someplace
> to remove any remaining fumes before you start working with it.
>
> Most of the gowns I've worked on used the lace from the bridal gown as
> decoration (down the front, along the hem, trimming collar and cuffs),
> with the material used for the body of the christening gown.
>
> Make sure the gown is quite clean or try and cut around any stains which
> were not removed. Trains make excellent sources of both material and
> lace. If the train was lined so much the better as the lining would have
> hopefully taken much of the abuse.
>
> Candide
Thank you for the hints. I didn't think about the fumes but I'll have
to leave that problem up to the mother. Maybe it can be spot
cleaned. The dress she has in mine is pretty basic, square yoke,
short puff sleeves, and along skirt; a nice canvas for the project.
LizW
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