How To Re-Use Baby Clothes Sets, post 469
An eyelet bonnet for a baby - worn by Angel. Photo by Angela Lansbury.. Copyright. The eBay picture of the baby dress which I bought for the accompanying broderie anglaise (eyelet) hat. You can convert adult's clothes into children's clothes, and turn baby clothes into adult clothes. Cutting Down Adult Clothes When I was a child, my mother would cut up old, thinning and torn white sheets. All sheets were white. She had learned to re-use everything in World War 2. The war ended in 1945, but rationing in England, in the UK, went on until 1952. Keep For The Family Baby clothes sets can be kept, labelled, listed, in case you have another child. Donation To Charity Or give them to charity. Some charities collect only perfect condition items. However, the most needy might accept a stained or torn item. For example, when I was clearing out the spare room cupboard for my French au pair girl, Caroline, in the 1980s, I said, "This baby outfit must be thrown away - it's stained...