Trying my mother's advice . . .

I recently purchased this darling apron at an estate sale. I love the polka dots and the big pockets. There are four deep pockets that begin with the first horizontal blue strip of seam binding.However, as with a lot of older linens, it had spots on it. So I washed it this morning. The spots did lighten up, but they are still there. So I decided to use my "red neck clothes dryer" and let it dry in the sun. My mother used to tell me that the sun will bleach out some spots. Here's hoping!

Do you have any advice for taking spots out of old linens?? What do you do??

After it dries, I will iron it and take it to Merchant Square to sell in my booth. I have a good selection of aprons in my booth -- from hostess or party aprons to everyday work aprons. Several in red and several in organza. One has hankies that were sewn on for pockets! Cute!

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Stamping with bleach

I love the effect you get when you stamp on black paper with bleach.

They are colored with Vivid! dye inks and the one on the right has been spritzed with Glimmermist in black gold. Not sure I like it as well as the others. These would make great ATC's with just a couple of small embellishments.