Now this really is a special blog post for me. This week I was asked if I could make 4 bears out of a Grandmother's wedding dress....another first for me but what a wonderful thing to be asked eh?
On Monday the Granddaughter arrived with the dress and really threw me a curved ball....I had imagined a long white / ivory dress. Her Nan was 98 and had only died a few weeks back and when sorting through her things they had come across an old Marks and Spencer's carrier bag [So old that it was actually a St Michael's bag!] and when asked what it was her daughter had said it was Nan's wedding dress. Here's a pic of what came out of the bag.....
It's a beautifully patterned dusky pink slub silk dress.....My Mum got married in powder blue so I'm not sure why I was surprised as she would have been married at a similar time. It was war-time and I guess long white dresses just weren't possible.
I feel to blessed to be trusted with such a special dress and will be making 4 bears for her 3 daughters and 1 granddaughter out of it.
....And here's a pic of Nan's Wedding day with her wearing the dress.....I get to share so many special memories don't I?
I've already taken my scissors to it and removed the skirt panels and pressed them ready to cut out the 16 bear panels.
Just look at the gorgeous buttons on the front of the dress....and strangely enough there are 4 of them so they can each have one on the front of their bears.
So you can see what I will be doing today....and loving every minute of it. I really hope you're enjoying your day too....I will be over to yours ASAP to see what you're up to.
Hugs,
Annie x
