March 08, 2011

baby blessing {dress}

We blessed Button at our church on Sunday and it was a great day! I wanted to make her dress, so my mom came down and we set to work. The pattern is one that my mom used to make my blessing dress, so I'm pretty sure no one makes it anymore. :) I had my wedding dress made and so the material is left over from my wedding dress:


I altered the sleeves so they were half sleeves rather than full, then added ruffle layers down the front. It was a project, but I learned a lot.

(This is her monkey face. Blanket by Sweet Kiwi Crochet)

Sorry no tutorial since it was a pattern, but if anyone wants a tut on the ruffle layers or half sleve with ruffle, I'm happy to oblige. I also made the head band out of the same material. Happy Tuesday!

Linking up to THESE parties this week.

18 comments:

  1. This dress is adorable. I want one! Found you from the Creative Itch Link Party. Newest follower. http://homestitched.blogspot.com

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  2. this dress is like one of those pillows and so is your daughter, one that you just want to snuggle!

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  3. good job on the dress woman. SHE IS SOOO CUTE!! I LOVE the monkey face. oh she is so sweet!!

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  4. What a beautiful little dress! It is even more special that you made it for her!

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  5. Beautiful dress, even more beautiful baby, and way cool that you made it from the same fabric as your wedding dress!! Very special keepsake!

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  6. This is so sweet! I just had to check it out since I just finished my daughter's baptism dress!

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  7. She is absolutely adorable and so is the dress! ;0) I love that it was made from your wedding dress. I love those ruffles.

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  8. Great job! She looks adorable. I wish I had gotten crafty before my girls were all blessed. Oh well, they still need baptism dresses!

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  9. I am visiting from Not Just a housewife linky party and I absolutely LOVE this blessing dress it is beautiful and hopefully if I have a girl one day I can make one as cute as this. Great job!Your baby is so cute BTW

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  10. This dress is so sweet! Thank you for sharing such special pictures with us at my party!

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  11. This dress is so sweet! Thank you for sharing such special pictures with us at my party!

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  12. So, so sweet! I love that you used the same fabric that your own wedding dress was made from! So special!

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  13. What a sweet baby and sweet dress that you made for her.

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  14. The dress is adorable and the baby is gorgeous! You did a really great job. I love that you used fabric from your wedding dress, it makes it so much more special... I also kept fabric from my wedding dress (my mum, sister and I each made a part of my dress, I love it) and hope to do the same thing as you one day. Cute blog by the way. I am your newest follower!
    Humble Homemaking
    p.s. I have a weekend party going on right now so feel free to hook up if you would like to. :)

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  15. Your baby's blessing dress turned out beautifully! I love the ruffles.

    How neat to have made it from the rest of the material from your wedding dress. Makes it even more special!

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  16. Oh my word! Isn't she darling! Hope the Christening was beautiful!
    Thanks for linking up to Making It With Allie! I can't wait to see what you have for next week!
    AllieMakes.Blogspot.com

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  17. That's really sweet. She's beautiful. I like that you made the dress from your wedding gown material.

    My mother had my daughter's baptism gown made out of her wedding gown.

    I love those types of traditions.

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  18. What a special dress for your precious daughter!

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