07/06/2026
Here’s something special. Two wedding dress bears made from a beautiful silk blend damask dress from the 1920’s. 100 years old! No pressure!!
It was a beautiful classic dress very much of the period with high neck and long sleeves, a huge big floppy bow at the back, with hand finished piping. Very simple to let the quality of the fabric sing. Absolutely tiny in stature, it would probably only fit a 12 year old now.
Sadly I didn’t take a picture of the dress as it was in quite a sorry state. It had been stored in a plastic bag in an attic for the last 20 years and had quite a bit of mildew and lots of staining.
I managed to clean it up quite well and tried my best to select sections that weren’t stained.
I reduced the size of the bow and added one to back of the first one, still nice and floppy. I reused the piping to finish it off just like the original. The other one has a bow as a corsage
So happy that I managed to help it live on 💕
The bears were commissioned by the ladies granddaughter, one bear has been kept by her to remember her nana, the other her father to help him remember his mother 🥰
Helping to keep memories alive 💖
