North Georgia Angel Gowns

 A year ago I started making Angel Gowns because someone was going to throw her wedding dress away after a ugly divorce.  I convinced her I could make something using all the fabric.  From there, I started the North Georgia Angel Gowns Facebook page with encouragement from my daughters.  Never did I think I would get so many ladies willing to give up their beautiful wedding dresses for this cause!  I’ve gotten some from California, New York, Indiana, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Wyoming, and many other states!  Of course quite a few from Georgia ❤️.  As of this week, I’ve used 20 gowns and have that many to still use!  Lots of the gowns donated to hospitals not only here in Georgia but all over the country!

 Wow!  I’m in awe about how big people’s hearts are!  This week we received a few more wedding dresses, one from Southern California and one from New York.  To think these ladies shipped their dresses so I can create baby angel gowns, makes my heart happy 😆.   Then 3 other dresses were brought to my house from local ladies!  As you can see, I have dresses to make plenty of baby gowns!  Thank you ladies!   I put a note on each dress so when I get to your dress, I can tag you on the North Georgia Angel Gowns Facebook page! I want your family and friends to know about your generosity and your want to comfort a grieving family. Again, thank you to everyone who has helped make this organization grow!

 Where do I start to bring you all up-to-date on what is going on in my workshop!  We are working on an appropriate logo and a card which will have a prayer to include with each baby angel gown.  Once it is designed and printed, I will definitely share with you!  Some things like this take time and costs money so can do a few things at a time. Next, 3 gowns were donated this week.  I’ll post pictures once I put them on the mannequin.  Thank you to the ladies who gave up their dresses for this ministry. The weather has been really nice and I’m getting spring fever!  Love going outside for walks or working in the yard.  I know not to plant quite yet! Donated by Kelly McCarthy The reason I wanted the dress made into Angel dresses is the memory of my grandson Lucas J. Lucas was born with a tumor on the  Paracartial lining of his heart. He had open heart surgery at 22 hours old and survived for 31 days. His chances of surviving his first 24 hours ...

The North Georgia Angel Project has grown!  Which is so exciting to see so many ladies want to donate their wedding dresses to become angel gowns! ♥️ With that said, we are hoping some volunteers will come forward to assist when they have free time.  There are no time constraints because we want this mission to be rewarding and a way to pay it forward!   Are you handy with a pair of scissors!  We can use your help taking dresses apart. We could use some one to cut out the patterns. You don’t need sewing skills! Definitely could use a few more seamstresses.  Help with posting on our blog or maybe developing a website! We would like to make this mission a nonprofit organization. Can you help? Then we do need small financial donations. All costs come out of our pockets.  We buy supplies for sewing such as thread, ribbon, and shipping costs.  It adds up 🥰

 Today, I sewed a few more baby angel gowns, then felt the need to move around instead of sitting in my comfy chair, so I opened boxes that contained wedding dresses that were professionally preserved.  Here are a few that I opened today.  I have a few more to open so they will be featured another time.  To read a little about the preservation process here is a link .   So, I had to use scissors to pop the seal. Then opened the box.  The dress was carefully placed and some included tissue paper or had a cardboard form holding the top part of the dress. One at a time, I placed the dress on the dress form that was given to me by my children because I make myself clothes on occasion .  I take a picture of the front of the dress, then turn it around and take a picture of the back.  I need to break out my 35mm camera so the pictures look more professional!  I do have enough dresses that I can concentrate on using 2 dresses a month to make the baby...

 I’ve been busy doing a lot of things this past week, where does time go?  I try not to devote all my time to making angel gowns. I tend to get consumed once I start.  One of the other tasks I enjoy doing is volunteering for the American Red Cross.  I’m on call during the day for local fires.  We don’t actually go there unless it’s a big apartment fire that involves a lot of people.  When it’s a single family fire, I assist them over the phone using either FaceTime or Google Duo. It’s rewarding to help them get back on their feet again. I also work a part time job assisting several real estate agents with their electronic paperwork.  All from home! But back to Angel Gowns!  Here is a dress donated by Aileen Pruitt.  Looks at all that lace!  And the satin is pristine! I see cute girl gowns in my near future.  Oh my goodness, how fun is that  it has lots of bead work so I need to be careful.  I have broken so many needles fr...