Dress Of The Day with Angela

 Kimono with colour run. Photo by Angela Lansbury. I hand washed my kimono in cold water. The red colours ran. I now have a streaky pink kimono. the washing label says you can machine wash it! Yet hand washing had this result. I saw the red running as I washed it and finished the washing quickly. You can buy a product which is supposed to remove run stains.  A product called Vanish is on Amazon. Just type in remove stains. You will get Amazon in your location.  However, I don't want to risk any more messing about.  I am glad I took a photo of the kimono as it was yesterday. You can see it pristine in post 238. Useful Websites Vanish on https://www.amazon.co.uk/ UK advice https://www.ariel.co.uk/en-gb/how-to-wash/stain-removal/tough-stains? USA advice https://www.cleaninginstitute.org/cleaning-tips/clothes/stain-removal-guide#:~:text=Pretreat%20it%20with%20a%20liquid,as%20much%20stain%20as%20possible.

Angela wearing sky blue applique top, with hand-drawn birds. Photo by Trevor Sharot. I rescued this pretty top. I loved the applique, the sewn on swirls. Applique is the French adjective for applied. Applied, applied to clothing. Stains On closer inspection, I saw why the pre-loved garment's owner had thrown it out. The fabric was white - but with small brown stains! I disinfected it with water and detergent. Then tried removing the brown stains with bleach.  The stains faded a bit. But not enough. I was afraid to keep doing day after day, because the garment was too delicate.  Dye So I dyed the garment pale blue. I loved the blue.  But the pale, coffee-coloured spots were still there! How c ould I hide them? Drawing Birds I had first tried the hand-drawn flying wing birds in black on my son's thick hooded sweatshirt. Just two arches, like a flattened McDonald's arch. Easy to draw. (I learned that in my art class at Writer's Holiday, from our teacher Susan Alison.)  ...