Great fabric, too bad it fell apart!

I bought three of these in a couple different patterns for my children to use as bibs. Bumkins also makes sleeved bibs in the same material, so I thought they'd be perfect for my kids who are still messy eaters, yet too big for the sleeved bibs.When I received them, I noticed some loose stitching around the binding and ties, but I figured they would be fine. Wrong. The printed fabric is really great, light and comfortable, but the white binding and ties started to fray and tear within the first 4 months of use. By the time they were 6 months old, each had lost at least one tie and they looked terrible. Now they are a year old, but I am still trying to use them by holding them on my kids with safety pins. The pockets are detaching from the main body of the bib, despite the fact that we have never used the pockets to hold anything.I hope to throw these out soon. I'd never have purchased them had I realized the construction was so poor.