Along with
doilies and hankies and the Campfire Girls items my grandmother had placed some
of her baby clothes inside the picnic basket.
These sweet little garments are quite old as she was born in 1923.
The store bought dresses are quite lovely with darling dainty embellished touches.
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| I really like the collar on this dress |
I carefully
washed them as they were quite dusty and musty and then I pressed them. A couple of the dresses were handmade by my
great-grandmother. She even embroidered
some little flowers on them to dress them up.
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| I love the hem and embroidery on this little slip |
Little sweet
slips to wear underneath her little dresses.
Along with
the baby slips and dresses she had also tucked in this sweet little knitted hat
that my great grandmother had made for her grandsons. Isn't it sweet? I even have a picture of my dad and my uncle
and one of them is wearing the hat. I'll
have to look at it again to see which one.
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| Sweet lace yoke |
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| My great grandmother made this dress by hand |
The baby
clothes are quite delicate now, but I am very happy to have them.
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| She made this one too. |
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| Tiny embroidered roses |
I'm not certain what I'll do with them in the
future, but for now I'll put them aside and keep them safe.
Some of these look like Filipino work... it was very trendy to have dainty little embroidered dresses, handmade from the Philippines. (Lightweight too, for the hot summers.) I was born in 1958, and my mom saved some of the dresses to stuff on me! No doubt they tore easily (they were vintage then)...but I still have a few put away for any future grandchildren.
ReplyDeleteThat could very well be. They are definitely thin.
DeleteThey would be pretty framed :o)
ReplyDeleteTania
That's what I was thinking. They'd be pretty hanging up in a guest room, I think. Hmmmmm.
DeleteThose are absolutely precious!
ReplyDeleteAren't they sweet?
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