Friday 7 October 2022

Granddaughter's Dress

 We were away for the weekend attending granddaughter's thanksgiving service. Her local church wouldn't christen her so that is being done later in the year near her mums childhood church, whose vicar is quite happy to do it.

It went well, had a good sing on the songs I knew, church was freezing as usual. Here is the dress I made for her, fully lined. Other Gran had knitted her a lovely cardigan in cotton and silk:


I was pleased with the end result. Had wanted to do a full circle skirt on it but got my measurements wrong. This was the last metre of matching fabric the shop had so made a gathered skirt instead.

This dress has been 2 1/2 years in the design and making starting with a baby size! Covid got in the way, the life things etc.

We had a good buffet afterwards in the village hall, around 20 or so of us. She behaved brilliantly both during the service, afterwards and then back at home.


7 comments:

  1. Lovely dress! When I was small,(late 50s/early 60s) my cousin's grandmother made the pair of matching white dresses every year for the Sunday School Anniversary - usually trimmed with lace and often little silk rosebuds. Happy memories

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    1. Thank you. I have been quite stressed making it but this final version went quite well.

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  2. Nice dress you made for your granddaughter. I'm sure it was a good time together with her and her family. So thankful you believe in God as well as we do. Looks like we will be teaching children at church again soon. I bought fabric to make a 3 tiered black skirt on Tuesday. I got it from the store where I picked up my Bernina sewing machine that I had fixed due to it not working.
    Have a blessed day.

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    1. Can’t beat a bit of sewing. The way things are going, might have to do more of it.

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  3. What a gorgeous dress. Can I ask why the local church would not christen/ baptize her. That seems rather counterproductive for the church.

    God bless.

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    1. Suffer the little children to come unto me! They don’t attend. Mind you, the Godparents still had to say things, as did they, she still had a cross put on her forehead just without the font bit.

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  4. That dress is absolutely gorgeous - how very clever. xx

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