OT Drycleaning baby clothes

Oh boy. It looks like there's plenty of room here to talk to myself so I'll add two more OT bits of good news. The Christmas portrait dress I made for the 2 year-old is finished, fits perfectly and makes a grand parachute. The little one has discovered that if you jump on the bed while wearing it that it does a marvelous whoosh! And ! the Sesame Street Bert quilt has been delivered and is beloved. Who could ask for more? Polly

"polly esther" wrote >

Sounds like your projects are a hit!!!

So when can I expect MY Bert quilt please Aunty Polly?

(He was just SO cute!)

polly esther wrote:

The SMDGD is 3 1/2 now and this is the first year I am making her holiday dress out of dry clean only fabric! AAACCCKKKKK -- what is wrong with me?!?!? When we were in Lizard Land earlier this month, I decided that she was old enough to pick out her own fabric -- from a selection that DD and I chose. Neither of us had the brains to check the fabric content of the choices offered! We knew we wanted a sheer dress with the skirt & partial bodice lined. The kid chose a darling white sheer with nice sized candy canes and holly leaves outlined in silver sparkles and some tiny little round peppermints scattered throughout. Lining is red taffeta and the sleeves and neck are bound with this and there is a red satin bow. As soon as we got home and dropped off the fabric, I trotted myself down to the local Wally World and bought the SMDGD a pair of "Dorothy" shoes -- lovely BRIGHT RED glitter encrusted shoes. I've wanted to buy these for her since she was born and this is the first time I could justify spending about $15 for a pair of shoes the kid will likely only wear 2 or 3 times -- LOL! So now the kid has a Christmas dress that MUST be dry cleaned and a pair of Christmas shoes that can't be cleaned in *any* manner at all -- LOLOL! Now I have to find some suitable hair "jewels" to finish the ensemble -- preferably as shiny and glittery and shimmery as possible. The child takes after her GrandMother and LOVES her bling-bling -- LOLOL :-)! CiaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^<

Since you've asked so nicely, I'm almost tempted. (I hope you saw the word 'almost'. ) Polly

Sounds wonderful. I would love to see that fabric. Dry-cleaning just one probably won't kill you - unless she just has to wear the dress at all times. It could happen. Polly

"Tia Mary" wrote>

Never underestimate the power of a great dress.

When my nieces were young I used to make them smocked dresses. One niece would come home from school every day and wear her dress all afternoon. She also wore it to church every single Sunday. My sister reports she was very careful with it and refused to allow her younger sister go get it when it was outgrown. Who knew?

I did find a do it yourself dry cleaning kit at Costco last week. Haven't tried it yet but the box says you can spot clean and then put it in the dryer with some sort of sheet (in the box) for 20 minutes. Might be worth a look around your local shops to see if you can find something like that if she takes to wearing the dress often.

The dress sounds wonderful. I hope we see pictures soon.

marcella

((sigh)) yes, duly noted. lol

You are a good woman Miss Polly. I am lucky with my simple lifestyle I rarely need anything that needs dry cleaned for me, much less for a baby (we are fresh out of those anyway around here)

Taria

polly esther wrote:

Wonderful RESULT!s Polly. Good for you. Great way to start my day. (Has your DH discovered his topless sock yet?!) . In message , polly esther writes

I'm not sure this applies to baby clothes but as for little girls' dresses, that's why pinafores were invented. I still remember two dresses I had as a little girl, one was red velvet and the other was of pale blue silk moiré. They both needed to be dry cleaned but I had frilly wonderful pinafores (washable) that I always wore over these dresses.I only remember a few times that the dresses came home in plastic cleaner's bags but the pinafores were regularly washed, starched and ironed.

Val

I still have a lovely ruffled pinafore that my mother made and embroidered for me 60 years ago. Silly as it sounds, I can't bring myself to give it up.

I see absolutely NO good reason for you to even think about giving away your treasure -- and treasure it is!! If it's not a terribly large size pinafore, you might consider having it framed for display! For years I had my Christening Gown and DD even wore it. Unfortunately, it was lost in a house fire but if it had been here, the SMDGD would have worn it for her baptism! If you have a Webshots album or something similar, it would be wonderful if you could take a photo of the pinafore. A close up of the embroidery would be especially interesting. I just hope that the SMDGD wants to keep some of the things I have made for her and will make for her for as long as I am able. CiaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at

I can't imagine why you'd ever let it go. Sort of an historic artifact at this point The deal is you need to make sure someone knows the history of it and try and have it pass down to someone that will appreciate it.

While sort> I still have a lovely ruffled pinafore that my mother made and embroidered

Along the same lines but without the adorable kids....my husband, who is incredibly wonderful about seeing fabric now, brought me home a clearance shower curtain that he picked up for $3. It's roughly 2 yards of gorgeous striped 100% cotton fabric. But it says "dry clean only". Huh? What happens if I wash it? Is there really cotton that has to be dry cleaned? And who makes a shower curtain that has to be dry cleaned????? Especially one you can buy at ShopKo.

Sunny

polly esther wrote:

It would probably shrink. I'd go ahead and wash it. Then you can be confident in using it in your projects. If it falls apart...you didn't want it anyway. KJ

Good tip! Although you are talking to the woman who bought a length of worsted wool flannel to make a skirt and ran it through the washing machine and a hot dryer before cutting. So now I have a lightly felted wool skirt, lined in silk, and it fits just right. No dry cleaner! Roberta in D

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They put this on all kinds of fabric labels, just in case you wash it and something bad happens and you get mad. Then they can point to the label and prove you were warned. Go ahead and wash it -the price is right! I ignore advice all the time and nothing very dire happens, mostly. Roberta in D

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