From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Wed Aug 30 02:46:14 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k7U8kEjb026053; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 02:46:14 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k7U8k4jt017058 for ; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 02:46:11 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k7U5XBFI025315 for ; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 01:33:11 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k7U5XBSW025314 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 01:33:11 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k7THhdFI024084 for ; Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:43:39 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k7TKNwtA019581 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:23:58 -0600 X-Envelope-From: jbrown01@mail.win.org Tue Aug 29 14:23:58 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k7TKNwjb019572 for ; Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:23:58 -0600 Received: from aries.win.org (aries.win.org [70.239.209.140]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k7TKNvLp014530 for ; Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:23:57 -0600 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by aries.win.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7F37D4093 for ; Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:53:11 -0500 (CDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at win.org Received: from aries.win.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (aries.win.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id wMTX0kgeumtU for ; Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:53:10 -0500 (CDT) Received: from prometheus.win.org (prometheus.win.org [70.239.209.143]) by aries.win.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32DE9D4091 for ; Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:53:10 -0500 (CDT) Received: from KLWorkRm-1.mail.win.org (catalog.scccld.lib.MO.US [204.184.4.34]) by prometheus.win.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32318CADE0 for ; Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:53:09 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.2.20060829145259.0233fe30@pop.win.org> X-Sender: jbrown01@pop.win.org X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:53:09 -0500 To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com From: Judy Brown Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Spam-Score: 1.951 (*) BAYES_00,FORGED_RCVD_HELO,FROM_ENDS_IN_NUMS X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] 105 year old christening gown This is to all who helped me with suggestions on how to repair a 105 year old christening gown that my sister-in-law tried to repair with super glue. I wanted to let you know what happened with the gown. I kept putting off trying to repair it, just couldn't face the possibility that the gown was ruined. A month before my grandson was to be baptized, I had gone into my daughter's old bedroom, now my genealogy room, to get something from the walk in closet. I turned around to leave, and spotted a piece of fabric hanging over the edge of a shelf. Pulling it down, I discovered that it was the blouse that my grandmother had given to my daughter to wear for a Girl Scout fashion show to earn a badge. It was long sleeved, and had lace on the cuffs. I cut the lace from the cuffs leaving the stitching intact for extra stability and pieced it to the yoke of the gown, front and back. When I finished piecing the lace, there was, maybe, a quarter inch of lace remaining. I hand sewed the lace to the gown, and the color of the cuff lace is almost identical to the lace on the gown. It is difficult to see where the repair was made. I have saved the blouse, will pack it with the gown, just in case. Matthew Edward was able to wear his great, great grandmother's gown on August 20, 2006. Again, I would like to thank everyone who gave support and suggestions to me. I have saved them all, they will also be packed with the gown so the history of the gown is more complete. Judy Brown P.S. I guess Grandma was watching over me through all of this. :).