Rose Bagwell

How about a crazy quilt wall hanging with your parents wedding picture in center, maybe one for each sibling if any.A pillow, scarf for dresser/table , jewelery or make up bag dress for grandchild, cover for picture ablum

roserips

I have seen beautiful crazy quilts made just from the fabric of the wedding dress and then embellished with all of the trims, beads, buttons, etc. Just google wedding dress quilts lots of pictures, suggestions and patterns.

mountain deb

After it has been dry cleaned, try having professional pictures taken of it. If it cannot handle the dry cleaning, then just do the professional pictures, they would make great art work. Add a hankie or doily to it for that shabby chic look.

Grammahunt

The historical value alone would prevent me from doing anything but admire from afar. I agree with illinois that a museum is a good choice if grands or great grand children don't want to wear it. Those old, really old, dresses are a treasure. Especially if the marriage lasted that long!

Dawn Marie

If you have family members who are single you could make wedding satin pillows for ring barrier. I made one from an old dress I bought at rummage,I also took a sm basket with handle and sprayed it white,then I took a little pillow foam I glued to bottom than I added the satin all the way around inside of basket.i then sewed lace and beads from dress to edges of basket. I made some satin ribbon to make a bow for handle. You could make the pillows for future generations as a keep sake to have something old for bride.

dottiequilts

I made fabric hearts for all of my niece's out of their grandmother's wedding dress. Used old buttons and some of her jewelery to embellish and did some embroidery. Each of the is about 8 inches tall. They look like very small pillows. We all display them in crystal or glass bowls in February. There are lots of ideas and examples on pinterest.