There is a children’s picture book that has the story of a family heirloom wedding dress that is passed on from one generation to the next and is eventually used to make a christening gown and a future generation turns the christening gown into a hanky.
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Probably From Me to You by Paul Rogers (1987).
I was going to say the same thing!
https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-531-05732-2
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MamaSquirrel knows all around here. My only accidental advantage this time was that a couple of months ago I half-remembered one of the rhymes and one of the pictures from this book and then spent more than an hour tracking down where those came from!
This is based on a Jewish folk tale, by the way. Here is another re-telling: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/887573.Something_from_Nothing
My family had both of these when I was growing up! They’re very different, but I loved Something from Nothing – recommendation eagerly seconded.
My kids’ favourite version was Joseph Had a Little Overcoat.