Heirloom Christening Dresses
For a number of years we designed one-of-a-kind
Heirloom Christening
Dresses. They
averaged 42" in length, and were made
from silk or cotton batiste and tea-dyed
English or French cotton laces. These Christening
dresses have been passed through families
with each childs name and date-of-birth
added to the dress.
The first picture of a little one wearing
one of our dresses is my god-child
Erin and her mother. Beautiful
isn't she; and at 18, she's even lovelier.
I'm allowed to brag.
Be sure to visit Everybody's
Talking where
we share our newest nephew's Christening
Dress saga; the eight entries include
in-process photos and the design process.
Babies and Dresses
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The Dresses
The last dress in this series was
made froma 1913 thread crochet pattern.
It took 3500 yards of size 30 - 6
strand irory thread, using a size
#10 steel hook. The lining was voile. |
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A Closer Look
The batiste booties were very
time consuming as just about every
bit of work had to be done by hand.
All the inner and outer edges needed
to be covered with same fabric bias. |
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The Gallery
Gallery Slide Shows you
can visit.
• Christening
Dresses
• Cutwork-Applique
Vest Workshops
• Beading & Trim
Embellishment
Classes
• The
Fur-Kids
• Thread
Portraits
• Mopsey's
Tribute
• Applique Patterns
(Coming Soon)
• Specialty Garments
(Coming Soon)
• Hand
Dyeing & Free
Motion Workshop
• Mish-Mash of Stuff!
(Coming Soon)
Did You Know?
The traditional clothing for a child being
baptised into the Roman
Catholic faith
is a christening gown.
It is a long white dress,
often with intricate handwork, laces and
maintained in many families as an heirloom.
The Anglican church grew
from its mother the Church of England and
includes the
Episcopal Church in the
United States.
Many of the early traditions
are the same as the Roman Catholic
and the family heirloom long white gown
is still used by many families.
The modern
church allows for much diversity, but usually
the clothing is still white for the infant
or young child.
Members of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints dress
in white clothing to perform and to undertake
baptism.
Historically, women and girls
wore white dresses with weights sewn
in at the hems to prevent the clothing
from floating during the ceremony.
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