After going through all of the business, we took time for a quick Show and Tell by Susannah. She has been making a gorgeous baptismal gown for the upcoming baptism of a young relative - or was it a family friend? I was busy working on something else during the first part of her Show and Tell. She found a pattern in a magazine (didn't get the name of that magazine), found the Swiss batiste fabric for the gown, located some one inch wide lace on the internet, and has been hand embroidering the family initial W to be placed inside some other beautiful embroidery on the gown. Take a look...
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| Here's Susannah holding the gown. It looks delicate from this angle but up close it is phenomenal. Her embroidery on the front center panel of the gown is beautiful as are the lace insets running up the length of the gown. |
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| Here's the embroidery on the front panel. It's actually turned sideways (the big round circle will be on the bottom). You can see the lace inserts much more clearly in this photo. |
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| Susannah's part way through her work on this initial. She also said that they plan to embroider the initials of each child that uses the baptismal gown on one of the panels of the gown. Another lovely tradition, don't you think? |
The other interesting thing about baptisms in her family is that they also hold a baptismal ceremony at their annual family reunion, attended by large numbers of a spread out family. They introduce the baby and then detail their lineage - quite a charming tradition. What a lovely way to pass on a family history to the younger generations.
She also mentioned an Australian magazine, Inspiration Gifts, as having some information that was helpful as she was putting this gown together. Susan seconded this magazine as a wonderful resource for tips and techniques on specialty techniques. Specialty stuff isn't my forte but I'm going to have to check it out. You never know when there might be some little something that will come in handy on a project.
Cheers!
Margaret
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