a gift

A long time ago I decided that I would make use of my wedding dress in an unusual way. I knew that my girls would probably never want it, and I did not want to store it for my lifetime. Besides, I shared it with a friend and thus I was only entitled to half of it. What do you do with half a wedding dress? Make something else! I decided that I wanted my girls to have my wedding dress in the only way I could give it to them. Briley will be baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in only a few short months. I am making her baptism dress from my wedding dress. I started making the dress, and in my very limited skills, I messed it up. I have only made Halloween costumes before and never from material that had special significance. So before I used up all of my wedding dress material with nothing but waste to show, I decided I needed a practice run! I chose fabric that was similar to that of my dress so I could have some practice working with it. Naturally it was pink! I finished hemming it this morning before church, and Briley wanted to wear it. She received many comments from friends at church about how lovely her dress was and that she looked like a princess. She was glowing! She did make sure that everyone knew that her mommy made it! Apparently she was rather proud of her dress and her mom!