Thursday, September 16, 2010

Vintage christening dresses

As a follow-up to Sunday evening's post about the wall-hook rack that I painted, I thought I would just share a few pictures of the sweet little christening dresses that now hang from the hooks.

I will need to look for some photographic evidence to confirm, but I believe that this would have been my own christening gown. (My older sister was born premature and it would have been way too big for her.) I think that the little piece on the right may actually be a slip, worn under the piece on the left, because it is sleeveless.


A few photos showing some of the details...




I purchased these darling little hangers just for these dresses - hand-made embellishments on baby-sized plastic hangers. Very sweet!



More soon!

12 comments:

  1. LOVELY!! What wonderful treasures to display on your pretty hooks :)

    Blessings!
    Gail

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  2. Hello Janet,

    Nice to meet you! Oh my I just love this little dress. I think you are right about the sleeveless piece being a little slip for under the dress. I have several of these darling little dresses, and I love displaying them on the wall too. May I ask where you found the sweet hangers? I am on the looking out for some. I have a vintage wooden one that is tiny, and I plan on painting it. Come by for a visit sometime!

    Debbie

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  3. Those are darling little dresses. You have kept them very well and they are true treasures to hand down.

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  4. These are so sweet, I love them, and they look very well taken care of and preserved. Happy VTT!

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  5. Love your gown. I showed one a while back that I made out of my wedding dress for our granddaughters. Have a blessed week. Debbie

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  6. So very precious!

    Happy VTT,
    Sally

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  7. So tiny and so sweet! And all those pintucks! (hard to sew!)

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  8. Beautiful treasures!

    HaPpY vInTaGe ThInGiE ThUrSdAy!

    Sarah

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  9. These are so gorgeous. I just love them. I can't remember if we have mine, I'll have to dig out "the baby box" soon. Great post.

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  10. Thank you all for visiting and commenting! Someone asked about the hangers - I can't remember where I bought them, isn't that awful?? It was just a month or so ago, too! Gads... it had to have been either a flea market or craft mall... they are little child-size plastic hangers and someone made the sweet little covers for them to make them padded. I thought they were very inexpensive at a dollar each, considering the handmade covers.

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