Another craftsy project

My son emailed me last month asking how to clean the felt embroidered ornaments I made for him in the 1980s. Later, on the phone, he told me the tale: some years ago, in a mad post-holiday cleaning fit, he shoved a decorated artificial tree into a closet. Life happened, and he wasn't decorating for Christmas for some years. By the time he remembered it, it was a horrendous dusty mess. A couple of the ornaments weren't used that year so they're okay.

I have no clue how one would clean stuffed felt ornaments. So I suggested immersing them gently in cold water with a little diswashing detergent, swishing gently, rinsing the same way, and then drying on a towel. He plans to do it one of these days. If it's not successful he'd like new ornaments, please.

How grubby are they? Well, I asked him to scan them so that I could figure out which of the ten in the Vogue pattern I hadn't done yet. Here's just how grubby they are:



I had experimented with a couple of color palettes over the years. He says he prefers the one I used for the kittycat. (I made the kittycat's eyes blue at his request.) I haven't embroidered for about a decade and am not sure that either my fine motor skills or my eyesight are good enough for this kind of work any more.