I made these custom mini-me christening dress for Adrienne’s twin girls.
These two christening dresses were made from Mummy’s wedding dress fabrics and trims. I used the taffeta as the main fabric and then the veil tulle for the overskirt. I carefully removed the beaded lace motifs from the original dress and hand sewed them on as bodice detail.
Design sketch for custom mini-me christening dress
The wedding dress before I cut into it to make the Custom mini-me christening dress
A finished Custom mini-me christening dress. You can see the crystals and edging trim from the original veil that was carefully placed to work as the hem on the new dresses.
I used new concealed zips to fasten the back of the mini-me christening dresses.
I have made a lot of christening dresses out of mum or grandmother’s wedding dress for small people. It’s a lovely way to honour the memory of you wedding day. And it’s environmentally friendly too, saving the materials from landfill.
If you don’t have a suitable wedding dress of your own you can also consider using another pre-loved dress. There are many specialist selling sites, or you can ask friends and family if anyone has one to donate. It’s not a really a cost saving as actually the materials needed for a tiny dress won’t cost very much. A metre or two of new materials will probably be cheaper ( and easier for me to use) than a preloved dress. But the emotional significance of the up-cycled wedding dress is worth it’s weight in gold!
You can see more examples of dresses I have made out of mum’s wedding dress in my portfolio. I made two outfits from this Ian Stuart wedding dress, a dress and a romper for different age siblings.
If you would like to commission your own mini-me bespoke christening gown just get in touch and we can talk through your ideas.
