What I did with my 1987 Wedding Dress!

What I did with my 1987 Wedding Dress!

Last weekend my boy Joe married his girl Caroline at Limbricht Castle in the Netherlands… It was the first wedding in our family for a very long time and of course such an occasion prompts you to think about life and love and how the years pass by. I wanted to do something small and special with my needle for my new daughter in law and way back when the first wedding was planned in 2020 had made the decision to do something with my own wedding dress.

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Making a 'Plaidish Quilt'

Making a 'Plaidish Quilt'

Once everything was done and dusted, I am just over the moon with this project. I would definitely make this pattern again and I just know that this quilt is going to be used and treasured and hopefully in lots of sunny day photos of family days out. When I look at holiday snapshots from my childhood, my Mum is often wearing the same sundress year after year and I like to think this quilt will turn out to be like that, in all the pictures, soaking up the sunshine and happy family times.

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