Sew Miss Oz

I have those times that blood gets on the clothing in my house. Anybody that has kids knows that blood happens with those childhood accidents. I knew a good way to usually get blood out, but the other day I really got to put my method to the test. T had a bloody nose the other morning. There was blood down the front of her shirt, and a blood filled washcloth (white of course). The worst part was T didn’t clean the blood out of these items, being a child of 8 years old it really is to be expected. But to top things off she threw these bloody items on top of a brand new pair of white Capri’s I had bought (I hadn’t even worn them yet!). A few days later when I was sorting clothes all these bloody items were found, all dried now. I set them aside, had truly believed that was the end of those items, including my new white Capri’s with a big blood dried spot on the upper leg. Yesterday I just decided to tackle a save on these items. I had found that cold water and regular dish soap were the best cleaners for blood, even on my clothes. I put dish soap on all the blood spots, then threw them in a pail, filled the pail with cold water. From there I’ve let that pail sit for the last 24 hours. I just pulled out the clothes to see if I might need to do some scrubbing – nope! All the blood was rinsed out completely with just some simple soaking! Gee, I’m so glad I gave that a chance!