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kiwimmc
17 yrs ago
Baby is starting to grow out of the newborn clothes and I am in a quandary... do I just let them go or do I keep them or just some or turn them into something like a quilt?? I kept all my elder daughters clothes and now 6 years later they have been used by our younger daughter. In the meantime these clothes (and the toys and all the baby stuff) have moved with us 4 times between 3 countries. The environmental side of me says it is crazy to keep, find somewhere to donate. The emotional side says keep them.
Anyone else out there feel this way and what did you do??
Oh and there are no more kiddies in our future other than grandkiddies.. ;-)
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Agreed with the above. Keep one or two things, pass on the rest.
As for keeping for grandkids, you'll love buying stuff then too. :)
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Z
17 yrs ago
yeah, we kept one or two things and gave the rest away. As for keeping for the grandkids -- my mom & grandmother both kept some babyclothes and gave them to us when our eldest was born -- BUT: 1. we didn't like using them as they used tiny buttons that made us think choking hazard, so we basically changed the baby into them, took pictures, changed the baby out of them. which was very irritating for the baby 2. fabric becomes fragile over time, and unless it is put away very carefully, forget it. After 5 minutes we had gorgeous old babyclothes that were completely shredded.
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-sa
17 yrs ago
My MIL kept my husband's quilts which his grandmother made at home. I love using them for our son. I plan to keep them as safely as I can.....:)
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I like the idea of a quilt. Hadn't even thought of that. Do you just cut the clothes up into squares and make into patchwork?? [these are the questions of one that doesn't sew!]
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I put in "baby clothes quilt" on google and there are some suggestions on there of designs including places you can send your patches and they will make up a quilt for you. If you want to learn to quilt there is a wonderful lady who does a quilting course at the Y in HK. Oze kids idea of a donna cover also is a great one so you dont have to do the whole quilting part of the quilt which takes an age, but you could get some design ideas from the web or from books. If you havent sewwed before it is a bit of an investment to buy a machine etc unless you are willing to do it all by hand.
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Thanks kiwimmc. Will do a google search and see what comes up. I don't think I have the patience for handsewing - might have to rope in a grandparent!
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