Grandmother's Gown

I have a bride that I am working with that is wearing her Grandmother's wedding gown.  The wonderful thing is that her mother also wore this gown.  It is truly a treasure.  The only problem is that by now the lace on the top of the gown was ragged in a few places and had some holes, so my job is to replace the lace on the gown.  Other than that we are not changing anything about the dress.

Here is the dress:

The dress fits perfectly, so it will just be a matter of carefully removing the lace and using it as a pattern to cut out the new lace, then putting it all back together.  Easy Peasy.  Well maybe not.

This is the lace we are using to replace the original lace:

It is an Alencon lace with a nice wide edging on both edges.  We will be able to use the edge on the sleeves and around the neckline.  

More to come......