Some Tips for Buying Childrens Clothing

If you have children, then you know that they grow up at an extremely fast rate. Your kid's clothes may not even last the season much less several years. Purchasing new children’s clothing can become quite expensive; however you can save some money by bearing in mind some simple tips.

To get better discounts, all you need to do is purchase a little later within the season. There is no doubt that every parent wants his or her kid to fit in, however you can save a great deal of funds if you do not lose yourself control with fashion. Kids clothing suffers splits, holes, grass stains plus all other mistreatment children hurl at them. You can often obtain top quality, perfectly trendy articles of clothing at lower prices, if you wait one or two months after the season commences. You can save a reasonable amount of money after the season starts; however you can purchase children’s clothing at the lowest prices by delaying until the season has ended.

Buy clothes at least one or two sizes bigger than your children's real size. Kids develop and grow, but kids wears does not. A shirt that fits perfectly can often become ridiculously small just one or two months later. This problem can be avoided by purchasing just a little bigger. Actually, you can even purchase a precise duplicate many sizes bigger for the coming year if your kid absolutely likes a particular article of clothing. 

Lastly, but not the least in importance, ensure that you kid likes the clothes you are purchasing. Your kids will most likely not insist on having the newest designer clothes, but they would definitely know what they do not like. Nevertheless, most kids will readily accept nearly all of your clothing selections if you show a little bit of enthusiasm.

How to Care for Children’s Clothing

Kids do not treat their clothes with care. To ensure that your kid's wears last until your children outgrow them, make sure you follow the washing directions given on the labels. Separate light and dark colored clothes before you throw them into the washing machine. The initial few times you wash denims and bright colored clothes, separate them from the remainder of the clothes. Repair small tears and holes and pre-treat stains before washing. Always zip up zippers before throwing them into the washing machine. This will help to prevent snagging. Black and colored garments should be turned inside out so as to prevent fading. 

Wash white clothes in hot water containing bleach in order to keep them bright. However dark colored clothes should be washed in cold water. You kids clothes will last much longer if you always line dry them. If you must make use of a dryer, ensure that it is not over loaded. If you are fortunate enough to keep children’s clothing for longer than a season, clean and dry them prior to storing them within plastic containers. Cardboard boxes are not suitable for storage because they invite insects and molds.

How to Make Baby Clothing Sun Prints

There is nothing as lovely as seeing your little baby in his/her baby clothes, a cute pink socks, some chino shorts and brightly designed cotton polo. In no distant time your baby will be all grown up. Your little boy or girl you once saw in cute baby clothes, will be dashing out of the house with a well cut suit or a dress complemented with some nice jewelry. Time does fly doesn't it?

Memories as they say are everything, so why not mold your memories into something bold yet subtle?

At this point it is important to know that to make sun print impressions on your babies fabric, the material needs to be cyanotype that is light sensitive. A cyanotype material is made into such by submerging  it into ammonium iron citrate (III) and potassium ferricyanide solution. When fabric saturated with this solution is exposed to sunlight, it reacts and displays a blue color - a magnificent indelible dye known as Prussian blue. These sorts of materials are readily sold in shops.

Making baby clothing sun prints is quite simple, and can be done by anyone, anywhere at any time, all you have to do is have the materials handy and follow the instructions provided below.

Materials for Baby Clothing Sun Prints

1. The baby clothes you wish to design

2. Leaves, fruits, shells…anything that would make a good design

3. A bowl of water and a bowl of ammonium iron citrate/potassium ferricyanide solution

4. A flat surface with which to place the clothes

5. Pushpins and thumbtacks or a plexiglass

6. A watch or timer

Steps to Make Baby Clothing Sun Prints

1. Make sure you put all materials in place, your design items most especially.

2. Submerge the fabric into the said solution to make it a cyanotype (light sensitive) material and place somewhere to dry. It will become light sensitive, so put it away from sunlight or any form of ultra violet ray. You wouldn't want any unwanted design.

3. Remove the cyanotype baby wear and place on a flat surface, using pushpins to secure it in position

4. Lay your design items on the baby clothes, a plexiglass might come in handy to hold them in place

5. Expose your work to sunlight for the recommended time. Cyanotype cotton will have to be exposed for 10-20 minutes; 5-20 minutes would suffice for cyanotype silk.

6. Rinse your cyanotype fabric in a bowl of water and remove, hold it out till the water runs clear, behold your design will graciously appear. You can dry the material outside; afterwards you may iron to remove any wrinkles it may have.

So there you have it, now you can enjoy the experience of making baby clothes sun prints yourself and preserve memories with unique designs.

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