Rainbows on Her Frock

New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 368, 12 July 1946, Page 27

Rainbows on Her Frock

Dear Aunt Daisy, : T have’ always been a follower of yours, but this is the first time I have made a request. My small grandchild has a nice velveteen frock, a peach shade. She has evidently been playing with crayons, and has marked her frock down the front with many colours. Can you tell me just what to do or to try? She cannot wear the dress as it is. Thanking you. I remain, "Grandma," Auckland. It is amazing what children can do with crayons, isn’t it? First of all, try sponging crayon marks with carbon tetra chloride, or eucalyptus. I don’t think it will remove very much, but it is a beginning. Then lay a piece of blotting | pesieeecensenseetctseeaeseceesteeennsieeetnenatnssenenttnhnenenennensennseniaeeneimenemteanmenamanat

paper over the marks, and press with a hot iron. Repeat with clean paper, until the crayon has been melted and absorbed by the blotting paper. Then you will probably have to bring up the pile again, of the velveteen. Hold a wet cloth on a hot iron-and then get someone else to slowly pull the velveteen over it, so that the steam goes up through it, from the wrong side. Do it two or three timesand during the steaming you can dab it very gently with a soft brush- don’t brush it, just dab lightly with it. The dry cleaners may be able to remove the crayon marks, and they can | also steam up velvets. I do hope you will be successful, and that next time the little érand-daughtet will confine her art to paper.