Polly Nemec, left, Amanda Timm and Kris Lystad look at Timm's wedding dress on Saturday, Feb. We have no doubt this treasured heirloom uniform will continue to bring a sense of nostalgia and history to the Harrington family.ĭo you have a treasured heirloom garment that needs uniform preservation? Don’t delay it’s care. Saturday, two women met at Treasured Garment Restoration in Stillwater to each return the other's wedding dress that had been boxed and mistakenly switched eight years ago. We thoroughly enjoyed having Kirk’s uniform in our shop and were very sad to see it go. This will help protect it from any further damage.
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After all uniform restoration was done we gave it a museum quality uniform preservation in an acid-free and lignin free box. Treasured Garment Restoration 2 Sewing & Alterations, Laundry Services 5843 Neal Ave N Wonderful I purchased an off the rack wedding gown which was in great shape but I still wanted to have it cleaned before wearing it. We did not fasten any of the buttons or clamps for the preservation so that it would not stress the material any further. We re-washed the lining of the pants and the vest to remove as much of the dirt as we could. We repaired what could be repaired in the vest as well. We repaired the pockets and facing in the pants. The seams in the pants were very fragile and had come undone in several spots so we repaired those. Treasured Garment Restoration is a division of St Croix Cleaners and has become a nationally recognized specialty cleaning and preservation company. We sewed the lining of the coat in several areas as well as several small holes on the outside that could be repaired. We removed the rust on the metal buttons the best that we could and re-painted them with a metal paint. Some of them had a deep black discoloration or residue on them that we were not able to completely remove. See how they restored a familys memory and. We polished and hand cleaned all the brass buttons. Our Treasured Garment Restoration team does some pretty incredible work on wedding gowns and vintage garments. premier museum quality cleaning, restoration and preservation specialist when it comes to caring for the most treasured garment you may ever purchase. We carefully cleaned the uniform several times using a wool method. The lining on the pieces was moldy and tattered. There were “repaired” areas on the pants. The pants and vest had corroded cinch buckles and the jacket had a corroded hanging chain at the collar. The jacket was missing one of it’s lapel buttons. All were in fair condition when we received them.Īll items had corroded brass buttons.
The uniform consisted was made of dark navy wool, and was three pieces, including an overcoat, vest and pants. We love cleaning, restoring and preserving heirloom garments of all kinds. Henry Dallas Harrington’s streetcar conductor uniform before and after uniform restoration and preservation
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