Hi, Thanks for letting me join you. I have a partially made, almost 100 year old dress that I have acquired from my 84-year-old cousin a couple years ago. The story goes that our great aunt was a dressmaker for a wealthy woman in Philadelphia in the 1920s. This was a dress that she was making for a client and was never finished. It has some beautiful stitching and beadwork etc. on it. Fabric is rather delicate at this point but I think you can appreciate the amount of work that has gone into this. I don’t know how to preserve it or if anyone could repurpose the beadwork and embellished portions. I really would love to be able to do something with it other than keeping it packed away as it has been for so many years. Any recommendations? Thank you for your attention. Please contact me with any questions, my cousin could tell you stories for sure. She is in Pennsylvania and is still pretty active for her age.
