My dear mother-in-law made the baptism gown for my girls, so it seemed fitting for me to make one for someone else. A few months ago my sister asked if I would be willing to make a baptism gown for a friend hers using said friend’s wedding gown, and since I’d never done that before, I said certainly, why not?
This is the result.
Very happy with how it turned out; thankful I was able to reuse the majority of the dress and the applique / beading that was originally on it. I only had to purchase a lining for the skirt. I even reused the zipper from the original dress in the back; no zippers or buttons added! Sweet! All in all, it was an awesome “first gown” project; I thought it would be more difficult than it was, but really, you just commit to destroying a wedding dress and hope that something spectacular results.
I used McCall’s 3063 Baby Baptism Christening Gown, Suit, Romper, Bonnet for the pattern. (For those wondering, yes, after a point, I gave up on the pattern and figured it out the rest of the way “my own way.”)
Erin
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