De-cluttering - AGAIN
By moonchild1au
@moonchild1au (6237)
Australia
December 30, 2009 5:25am CST
Ok....alot of you know that I moved house back in October & have moved to a smaller house...I am still sorting through all of my "junk" & have come across 3 formal dresses...the first is outdated by a long shot with puffy sleeves & a big bow on the butt in an apricot color...it was a bridesmaids dress for my Aunt's wedding in 1991 & i used it as my formal/senior prom in 1994...the next is a maroon bridesmaids dress from my good friends wedding in 2002 which could be used for a prom dress but needs drycleaning & s little repair from poor dressmaking on the makers part but i wioll never wear the dress again...the 3rd is from my good friend/penpals wedding where i was maid of honor in 2002 & this dress has the potential to be worn again providing it still fits me...
I know thw saying is...if it doesn't fit, you won't wear it, you don't use it or if it doesn't have sentimental value, get rid of it but I am asking what would you do?? I am up in the air as to what I should do with these dresses... PLEASE HELP
4 responses
@moonchild1au (6237)
• Australia
21 Mar 10
I never thought of finding a theatre group to dnate them - thanks for the idea :)
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@Clicker625 (196)
• United States
8 Jan 10
Here's what I would do:
I would love having the first two to use for crazy quilting. I'd dry clean the second one, using the cheapest cleaners I could find. I'm always looking for inexpensive luxury fabrics for crazy quilting and would be delighted to find some sentimental ones in my closet. Right now I'm working on a wedding photo album cover for one of my daughters using two handkerchiefs from my mother and grandmother and pieces of off-white silk from a former formal of mine. With the beautiful apricot and maroon colors you could make a lap cover and a big square framed to use as a picture. The good material I didn't use would be offered on freecycle. I'd try on the third one and I'd ask myself what percent would I give to my chances of having an occasion to wear the dress in the future. If it's 40% or less I'd put it on freecycle for someone who could really use it.
@moonchild1au (6237)
• Australia
21 Mar 10
I wish I knew how to quilt!! You have some REALLY good ideas there! Bu even if I did know how to quilt, I don't know if I'd have the heart to cut up some dresses :(
@cher913 (25781)
• Canada
31 Dec 09
hey good for you to start thinking about this. my 16 year old daughter was in a wedding when she was 12 and of course the dress is too small for her but it was the only time she was in a wedding, so what my mom did (she actually made the dress originally) was made the dress into a pillow and gave it to my daughter for Christmas this year!
@moonchild1au (6237)
• Australia
4 Jan 10
That's a really great idea!!I'd love to do that but i'm only a basic sewer - I'd ruin the material rather than make it into something great.
@thea09 (18305)
• Greece
30 Dec 09
Hi moonchild, do you really need to ask when you use the words puff sleeves and apricot bow in the same breath. If you can sew you may be able to make some nice cushion covers out of them but otherwise it sounds like you are overdue a trip to the charity shop.
@moonchild1au (6237)
• Australia
30 Dec 09
This is true lol...I guess I have held on to it because it was the dress I used for my high school formal as well so the school memories are attached as well but I haven't worn it in 15 years & I know I won't fit into it now...
