I think the trim on the dress may be rayon,could be silk but it looks like the trim on my baby bonnet from 1942. Rayon was used a lot, I have some rayon bias tape that is from 1930's.It is a kind of twisted stuff, you can untwist the cord on the dress I think so made up of several strands & then sewn on with small stitches over the cord going in direction of the twist so they can't even be seen. The chiffon type fabric is used in doll clothes in late 1800's & early 1900's. Might talk to someone who collects old dolls & show them pics. They could probably identify all the materials used. Better check on those flour sacks before you wash them & find out value try "textiles", 'kitchen" "ADVERTISING"try that 1 1st. Different books & different sites call things by different names. Lovely gown. One idea would be to get photo of the wedding couple & add a piece of gown(taken from back so won't show) & put under glass around 1 side of photo along with another item if you have it,(piece of jewelry she wore- wedding announcement in paper, maybe bit of flour sack from 1 not in such great shape) use an acidfree piece of heavy stock to mount all this in a nice way to enjoy & put in frame fronted with glass. Hang near the gown. A letter would be nice with her handwriting. That way you would have a little bit of her still with you!! Jan

Oh my, Allison I am sorry! I wondered how your DD2 became engaged and married so fast :-( I should have known you would at least have posted a dress issue or something on the conversations board with all that wedding talk! Very sorry for that misunderstanding. But initially the posts that crossed over to houzz were not dated, so I had no idea the thread was four years old. Now I see they are dated, although in the faintest possible ink color. (Houzz must have mostly 20 and 30 something users with better eyesight.) At any rate, the groom may not have been a keeper but the flowers were lovely!

Posted by ruthieg__tx: "Most of us who read the joke...read the whole thing ...we didn't skip the "chip monks" line..." Neither did I. The collection plate chips being cashed in by church representatives was the only part of the "trivia" that made any sense so I did not address that. Posted by lindakathy: "Maybe DD didn't see the punchline either." I had no idea that that was a "punch line". The post was titled *trivia*. I take it that no one here has ever been to Vegas and been on a tour. "People misread or misinterpret a post. Sometimes, even, people jump all over someone just for the fun of it." Yes, I see that now. Another 'pile on'. Just for the "fun" of it. Geeze. Have fun people. Posted by jenni_ca: "Dilly Dally did you actually think this was anything other than a joke? Chipmonks....you believed that!! Oh my! Um yeah. Why don't you read this link about the Chip Monks of Las Vegas: Here is a link that might be useful: Chip Monks of Las Vegas

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