meg Posted August 12, 2011 Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 hello boys & girls - i was working yesterday and one of my favorite fellow volunteers was telling me that she wanted to have he daughters wedding dress made into a wall hanging for her. she wants to use a small part of her dress and a small part of the dresses of her step daughters to make a wall hanging. she has contacted a local shop regarding the job. i would like to give her any other options that may be available. anyone know of someone who does this specialty? she asked me but i would be scared to death to cut up someone's wedding gown!! thanks in advance for any recommendations!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne from Guam Posted August 12, 2011 Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 Yikes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltingjoyful51 Posted August 12, 2011 Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 I do it all the time. If she wants her dress cut up it becomes just a piece of fabric. If you have her make the first cut in the dress you wouldn't have any fears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie in Ok Posted August 12, 2011 Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 Joyce do you have any examples of ones you made or pics that others may have made? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltingjoyful51 Posted August 12, 2011 Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 I will look for them in my files. My last wedding dress was made into a silky blanket for their 1st born. We used prom dresses and the wedding gown and bridesmaids dresses in an Ohio star layout. I used flannel to back it and blanket binding to bind it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meg Posted August 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 would love to see them joyce, so i could show rena. and even tho i LOVE this woman, i do not quilt for others and will not be starting now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoinette Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 I just went to the Maine quilt show and they had a special exhibit of wedding dress quilts. Check out the web site for Quilters Against Breast Cancer (http://makingmemories.org/quilt.html ) and see if they can help find someone who might want to give that a shot. Personally I would love to but alas, I'm too busy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 You might direct your friend to Cindy Needham's blog to view some of her student's efforts using wedding dresses. Cindy is the author of "Wholecloth Linen Quilts" and teaches LinenLady classes. She uses vintage linens to build wholecloth-type quilts. Her blog does not have a search feature so you will need to wade through lots of posts to find something, but the journey is wonderful. There is inspiration everywhere. www.cindyneedham.com Click on "blog". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cblevins Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 I would be terrified to touch it! It would have to be cut into pieces before I could start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calicoquilter Posted August 14, 2011 Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 I made mine into baptismal gowns for my daughters, but then again, I made my wedding dress and it only cost me $40.00 (30 years ago) not thousands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeri Posted August 14, 2011 Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 When I made one of my daughter's wedding dresses I kept pieces of the fabric and some from the bridesmaid's dresses to one day make something for her. Figure it would make a nice anneversary present one day they just had their 10th. No ideas though about cutting one up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pennyquilts Posted August 14, 2011 Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 Use some of the train it can be rehemmed or if there is lace on the dress, you can trim away some of the dress from behind the lace. Or, use some lace as an applique to cover where you cut the dress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUDY-MN Posted August 14, 2011 Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 Showed my son & his wife a photo of a Christmas tree skirt that my sister Sharon (also on the forum) had made from her daughters friends wedding dress for the friend. Not thinking of what they may think of it..... Well as I turned they both had eyes that were telling me their thoughts............ I said NO! I can't cut up her wedding dress. (Mind you that we had just taken a lot of their items to their new home). Well their next trip to our home brought along her dress that we had taken up on our previous trip. Our son convinced me that it was the right thing to do. As Christmas in our home has always been very special, & I love to decorate..... (last year had nine trees & every tree is decorated differently)! He said, "What is better just having the dress in a box, shoved into a closet, or having it out for the most meaningful time of the year"? Tradition has worked its way into their home.... So after many hours of removing all of the lace, taking the skirt apart to each piece then serging the seams, ( making that first cut was hard, but after that there was no going back it was "almost" exciting) then having it then dry cleaned. I stablized it with a light weight fusable. Usually satin has a nap, well this dress did not. Using some other leftover satin from previous wedding dresses that I had sewn for others, I went to work. Making 16 panels with stripes sewn at a angle, reversing every other panel, so in the end it made a stars aroung the tree. I ended up sewing each strip to a cotton prewashed foundation fabric, as it still wanted to shift even with a lightweight fusable on it. All that is left of her dress is 1/3 of the front of her dress, of which I will make them Christmas stocking. By using the second satin with nap the star patten shows up wonderfully. I do have to quilt it yet, and plan on just stitching in the ditch to totally make the stars aroung the tree pop. Fiinishing it with hand sewing the lace from the bottom of her dress back on around the bottom edge of the tree skirt. This is the same son whom I wrote about on June 27 who decided to stay here with his family & not return overseas for work, & yes he did received the job he interviewed for on that day!!!!! Life is wonderful.....now to go & finish quilting grandson #2's sports quilt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie in Ok Posted August 14, 2011 Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 Judy I would love to see a picture of your project in progress and the finished items as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUDY-MN Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 Here is a photo of Sheena's wedding dress. (my daughter-in-law). In following posts I will have photos of the Christmas tree skirt that was made from this dress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUDY-MN Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 Finished Christmas tree skirt. It is approx 82" in diameter. I have easily 150 hours into this project. 50 hours to disassemble the dress and remove the lace. 50 hours to sew together the panels for the tree skirt and quilt it. Another 50 hours to hand sew the lace back on. I was able to quilt this on my Freedom just doing stich in ditch for the stars. White polar fleece was used for the backing and a 6 oz poly batting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUDY-MN Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 Close up of lace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aleksich Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 Love, love it. What a wonderful use of a wedding dress. You did a great job, they will cherish always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybee Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 Wow that is extra special for a tree skirt. I have quilted a Wedding Ring quilt that they used the wedding dress leftovers (from making it) and used wedding dress for background and brides maids dress leftovers for rings in quilt I think I have a picture of it here. Several years ago. If I can find it or I will post again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUDY-MN Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 Quilt label on back of tree skirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharond Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 I am so proud of my big sister!!! She is really a talented seamstress/quilter/mother/wife. And sister....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoseCity Quilter Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 Wow, that is amazing! What a fabulous idea! :D:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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