I got a last minute fill-in job to play a wedding and reception. The bride was wearing her great grandmother's wedding dress, all homemade in Spain circa 1920. The bodice overlay was thread crochet with real perals worked into the necjline (small ones from a brocken necklace, the big ones were made into earrings she was also wearing). Beautiful. Can't imagine the hours it must have taken or the care to keep the dress in such wonderful condition for nearly a century (she did change out of it before the cake and dancing). True family heirloom :-)
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