Monday, November 26, 2007

SOS: Cleaning Vintage Linen

HELP ME! I'm trying to get a baptismal gown prepped for Bear's baptism in a few weeks. Thing is, the gown is four generations old. It's delicate and made of very soft linen and lots of lace.

How in heaven's name do I clean this thing?

Somebody please help me...I'll be in big trouble with the in-law's if I bolox the cleaning of this family heirloom!

2 comments:

Lorraine said...

http://antiques.about.com/cs/careandrepair/ht/CleanLinens.htm

It's a start. Good luck.

Kimberly Ann said...

http://www.seedsofknowledge.com/vintagefabric.html has a bunch of info too. Good luck!