Maybe you have never thought of creating a gown from your wedding dress?  Your wedding dress is sentimental to you and your wedding day.  It is therefore a perfect choice to use to create another special outfit for another special family day.

Little Doves offers you a unique service to convert your wedding dress into a christening gown or christening romper, both complete with all the matching accessories.  Working with you we will design a christening gown using all the fabric and trims from your wedding dress. You could chose between:

• a replica of your own wedding dress
• a gown from the Little Doves Collection made from your wedding dress
• a completely new design created just for you

Whatever you decide, we will be able to create a gown that is unique and hopefully will become a treasured heirloom for your family.

Below are a few samples of wedding gowns that have been turned into Christening gowns.  I am sure you agree that whatever the fabric or style chosen all these gowns are beautiful and make lovely christening outfits.
 

The wedding dress was a beautiful yellow silk dupion gown with a very large full skirt. The christening gown was for a boy and the mother wanted a simple style gown that was created on classic lines, and suitable for both a boy or girl The decision was taken to create the Fulham Christening Gown but to make it very long.  This gown is a wonderful example of how you can use the fabric of your wedding dress to create a gown from one of the Little Doves Collection.

The original wedding dress had a skirt made of an ivory satin and a separate bodice made from a lovely embroidered silk.  Once the bodice pieces were separated there was very little fabric to use but the mother was very keen that the christening gown was decorated with this material.  We opted to create a new gown.  As the satin was rather heavy we decided to make a skirt that would be joined to the bodice by pleats as gathers would make the waistline very bulky.  As with the above example, the mother wanted an understated gown and so we created a bodice with a single panel at the front, made from the silk bodice. Silk covered buttons were added to give a little more interest.  Pintucks and silk covered edgings complete the gown design.

This is the biggest challenge yet in converting a wedding gown to a christening gown.  The wedding gown was made from a silk mix and the skirt had twisted rosebuds made out of the fabric covering the whole of it.  Mum, Frankie was very keen to encorporate these rosebuds on the skirt of the christening gown, along with the family crest embroidered on the bodice and the family tartan used to create a large bow.  Several designs later and we created the Frankie Gown.  A matching shawl, booties, tam o shanter and bib were also created to make a complete ensemble.  This is a perfect example of how together Little Doves can work with you to create a unique christening gown from your wedding outfit as well as keeping some of the style from the gown in the new design.

In this gown, the mother was very keen for her wedding veil to be used in the creation of her son's christening gown. She chose the Jemimah gown style from the Classic Collection but we modified the design. The christening gown was created from silk dupion and the wedding veil was used for the overskirt.The front bodice had no embroidery but vertical stripes of lace and satin ribbon>

This was a delightful christening gown we created for a lovely mum who had butterflies as a theme when she married. Her wedding gown was a lovely satin and perfect for embroidery. Mum had the lovely idea to have butterflies hand embroidered onto the christening gown. The christening gown is rather plain in its style, with pintuck decoration on the bodice. It was copied from a photograph supplied from the mother. The whole emphasis is on the two beautifully decorated hand embroidered butterflies on both bodice and skirt.

This is just a flavour of how Little Doves can convert your wedding gown into the christening gown of your dreams.  If you would like to discuss further how we can turn your gown into a christening outfit please contact us.