Comments on: Who Would Win? Bleach vs. Fabric

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 11:58:24 +0000

Beautiful dress! I am so sorry it was ruined! Smocked dress with loads of bullion roses vs. Serger. Although I repaired the dress, I couldn’t stand to look at it! My daughter never wore it and I gave it away,

By: Charity

Charity — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 04:38:55 +0000

I’ve had some run-ins with bleach myself, but thankfully it’s been confined to quick sews. My personal nemesis is dry-erase markers vs fabric. I really like the light floral details on this dress- so sad that it was a one-wear only dress!

By: Brooke

Brooke — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 13:50:50 +0000

Seam ripper vs Fabric, Iron vs Fabric, Scissors vs pin, Rotary cutter vs finger, Iron vs FLoor. I think I am an accident waiting to happen!

By: carasews

carasews — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 04:33:26 +0000

Whoops…finger or needle

By: carasews

carasews — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 04:31:30 +0000

I know who wins fabric or finger! It’s happened to me twice…Not fun

By: TerriSue

TerriSue — Thu, 31 May 2018 17:44:03 +0000

Oh how sad. The dress was just beautiful as is this niece. I had a similar thing happen when my children were small. My husbands sister had been to England and brought me back a length of Liberty of London fabric to make something for my daughter. Back then their fabric came 32 inches wide. I wanted to smock her something for her third birthday but the width of the fabric was being a challenge until I found a Children’s Corner pattern that buttoned down the front, I don’t remember the name of it. The fabric was a dream to work with and I had so much fun sewing it up. I made a Bubble for her 6 month old brother that I also smocked and luckily I had their portraits taken before her birthday. She had wanted a chocolate cake but due to allergies I could not make it with dairy or eggs and I made a crazy cake, the one you mix in the pan with vinegar, water and oil. I think that was the problem, the vinegar. She got a large amount on her dress. No matter what I did, how I treated it I could not get that stain out. I must have worked on it for a month trying every tip anyone gave me. Of course this was before the internet. Finally in desperation I threw it in with a load of whites that I was bleaching. It minimized the stain to a great degree but it also completely bleached out the beautiful print. All the hours I had spent smocking and assembling that dress in my once in her childhood Liberty fabric for one wear.