A Few Of My Favorite Things: June 2013

Sunday, June 30, 2013

Cadance's Christening Gown

I made this Christening gown using McCall's Pattern 3063 for my granddaughter, Cadance. I enjoyed sewing this so much for her. I made the blanket using the shawl from her mommy's wedding gown as shown in the photo below. I had purchased extra fabric for the blanket out of the same fabric I chose for the Christening gown. I folded the shawl into a rectangle. I then cut a rectangle for the blanket to match the size of the folded shawl adding 1/2 an inch around the edge of the fabric rectangle for the hem. I folded the edges of the fabric twice creating a 1/4 inch hem. Press in place. You can machine or hand stitch the hem in place. I placed the shawl and blanket with their wrong sides together. Doing a slip stitch around the entire blanket with a very fine fishing line type thread makes the blanket look nice. You can then cut the fine line later to remove the shawl from the fabric if desired.