Old, New, Borrowed and Blue

 When my daughter was married 10 years ago I sewed a piece of my wedding dress into the seam of her dress. I also took a cuff off my dress and we put it around the stems of her bouquet. She also wore the pearl earrings I was married in and wore a string of the pearls her father bought me in Spain.  It was fun to find ways to incorporate my wedding into hers.

My wedding dress cuff on my daughters bouquet.

Applique from my dress sewn in the seam of my daughters dress. 

When my Son and Daughter in-law (Allison, her middle name) got married last year. We decided to do the same tradition in their wedding. We had Allison's Mom give her a piece of fabric and a cuff from her wedding dress. We used the cuff for her bouquet like my daughters.

For Allison's gown I took the piece of the fabric from her Mom's dress, folded it in half and basted the open side across from the fold, pulled the thread to make the fabric form into a circle. Then I sewed the ends together to close the circle.

Heart jewelry piece I used in the memento.

I had a silver cut open heart jewel that I found in some jewelry beads. I took a blue piece of silk ribbon and filled the heart bead with the blue ribbon. Next, I sewed the blue filled silver bead onto the middle of Allison's Mom's wedding dress fabric circle.

Allison's Mom's wedding dress fabric. Old and blue all in one.

I cut an applique flower from my wedding dress and then sewed my flower and her Mom's heart piece into the inner layer of the skirt lining of Allison's dress. Even though the bead was a tiny bit bulky, where the pieces were sewn on the dress made it so Allison couldn't tell they were even there.

Both pieces sewn in place, ready to be a part of Allison's big day.

It was so special knowing that a piece of my dress and Alison's Mom's dress were a part of her dress when she walked down the isle to marry my Son.  It is also a tradition that can be carried on to the next generation.