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Posted by on September 21, 2008, 12:47 am
As i looked through my treasure box of old embroideries and laces i
looked again at some of the embroideries and wondered, how i can bring
them back to life ,,, =use them as is or incoportae them into other
works ,, I know some people here , think it is wrong , but i feel it
is giving a new life to all those all pieces [ sometimes shredded,] ,
after all people made them to BE USED ,,
I have learned my lesson about this , from clothes, I used to have
Shabat clothes and everyday clothes ,, i had this SHIRT i kept for
holidays, by the time i wanted to wear it again , i had a different
size , and it looked SO OLD FASHIONED, i didn`t like it anymore ....
things should be used and recycled .... mirjam
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Posted by ellice on September 21, 2008, 9:26 am
> As i looked through my treasure box of old embroideries and laces i
> looked again at some of the embroideries and wondered, how i can bring
> them back to life ,,, =use them as is or incoportae them into other
> works ,, I know some people here , think it is wrong , but i feel it
> is giving a new life to all those all pieces [ sometimes shredded,] ,
> after all people made them to BE USED ,,
>
> I have learned my lesson about this , from clothes, I used to have
> Shabat clothes and everyday clothes ,, i had this SHIRT i kept for
> holidays, by the time i wanted to wear it again , i had a different
> size , and it looked SO OLD FASHIONED, i didn`t like it anymore ....
>
> things should be used and recycled .... mirjam
Well, that's really the history of beautiful crazy quilts. So many are made
with pieces of material taken from garments. Curtains, whatever has meaning
and beauty that you want to keep with you.
With modern clothing, I think it's a question of whether the time to
"recycle" the fabric, and the likely result are worthy. We tend to be very
throw away. For me, if it's something I love and I may recycle it into a
totally different object. But, if it's just the wrong size - there's a good
chance I'll donate it to a worthy charity (shelter, suits to the charity
that helps women looking for jobs, getting off welfare, etc).
ellice
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Posted by on September 21, 2008, 11:55 pm
:
>
> > As i looked through my treasure box of old embroideries and laces i
> > looked again at some of the embroideries and wondered, how i can bring
> > them back to life ,,, =3Duse them as is or incoportae them into other
> > works ,, I know some people here , think it is wrong , but i feel it
> > is giving a new life to all those all pieces [ sometimes shredded,] ,
> > after all people made them to BE USED ,,
>
> > I have learned my lesson about this , from clothes, I used to have
> > Shabat clothes and everyday clothes ,, i had this SHIRT i kept for
> > holidays, by the time i wanted to wear it again , i had a different
> > size , and it looked SO OLD FASHIONED, i didn`t like it anymore ....
>
> > things should be used and recycled .... mirjam
>
> Well, that's really the history of beautiful crazy quilts. =A0So many are=
made
> with pieces of material taken from garments. Curtains, whatever has meani=
ng
> and beauty that you want to keep with you.
>
> With modern clothing, I think it's a question of whether the time to
> "recycle" the fabric, and the likely result are worthy. =A0We tend to be =
very
> throw away. =A0For me, if it's something I love and I may recycle it into=
a
> totally different object. =A0But, if it's just the wrong size - there's a=
good
> chance I'll donate it to a worthy charity (shelter, suits to the charity
> that helps women looking for jobs, getting off welfare, etc).
>
> ellice
Thank you Ellice , i read a lot about Crazy [ as well as `regular`]
quilts,,
Of course with us , recycling and remaking , was a needed part of
life,
when i was a child , as we had nothing. Thus we learned to adorn the
plainest , older
things with a bit of thread , a new button etc ,,,,
Since i don`t buy much ready made clothes, i have things i just
change , lately i took some
`Veteran skirts` and turnmed them into cushion covers , some have
turned into bags , shirts etc,.,,,
I have some clothes which in some manner or other i already wear 40
years, thus if i now decided to cut them up for something it is quite
ok ,, The embroidery treasure box is either things i inherited or
recieved...
Coats and things i can`t reuse for myself , i donate wilingly .
mirjam
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Posted by Susan Hartman on September 22, 2008, 10:09 am
mirjam@actcom.co.il wrote:
>>
>>> As i looked through my treasure box of old embroideries and laces i
>>> looked again at some of the embroideries and wondered, how i can bring
>>> them back to life ,,, =use them as is or incoportae them into other
>>> works ,, I know some people here , think it is wrong , but i feel it
>>> is giving a new life to all those all pieces [ sometimes shredded,] ,
>>> after all people made them to BE USED ,,
>>> I have learned my lesson about this , from clothes, I used to have
>>> Shabat clothes and everyday clothes ,, i had this SHIRT i kept for
>>> holidays, by the time i wanted to wear it again , i had a different
>>> size , and it looked SO OLD FASHIONED, i didn`t like it anymore ....
>>> things should be used and recycled .... mirjam
>> Well, that's really the history of beautiful crazy quilts. So many are made
>> with pieces of material taken from garments. Curtains, whatever has meaning
>> and beauty that you want to keep with you.
>>
>> With modern clothing, I think it's a question of whether the time to
>> "recycle" the fabric, and the likely result are worthy. We tend to be very
>> throw away. For me, if it's something I love and I may recycle it into a
>> totally different object. But, if it's just the wrong size - there's a good
>> chance I'll donate it to a worthy charity (shelter, suits to the charity
>> that helps women looking for jobs, getting off welfare, etc).
>>
>> ellice
>
> Thank you Ellice , i read a lot about Crazy [ as well as `regular`]
> quilts,,
> Of course with us , recycling and remaking , was a needed part of
> life,
> when i was a child , as we had nothing. Thus we learned to adorn the
> plainest , older
> things with a bit of thread , a new button etc ,,,,
> Since i don`t buy much ready made clothes, i have things i just
> change , lately i took some
> `Veteran skirts` and turnmed them into cushion covers , some have
> turned into bags , shirts etc,.,,,
> I have some clothes which in some manner or other i already wear 40
> years, thus if i now decided to cut them up for something it is quite
> ok ,, The embroidery treasure box is either things i inherited or
> recieved...
> Coats and things i can`t reuse for myself , i donate wilingly .
> mirjam
I had a beloved bathrobe that I wore til it was threadbare, but saved
enough of the lewss-worn areas to make a couple of teddy bears. I've put
them in my daughters' Hope Chests and someday they'll find them there -
and may remember me wearing that robe *every day* for a big part of
their youths!
sue
--
Susan Hartman/Dirty Linen
The Magazine of Folk and World Music
www.dirtylinen.com
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Posted by on September 22, 2008, 11:42 pm
> mir...@actcom.co.il wrote:
ote:
>
> >>> As i looked through my treasure box of old embroideries and laces i
> >>> looked again at some of the embroideries and wondered, how i can brin=
g
> >>> them back to life ,,, =3Duse them as is or incoportae them into other
> >>> works ,, I know some people here , think it is wrong , but i feel it
> >>> is giving a new life to all those all pieces [ sometimes shredded,] ,
> >>> after all people made them to BE USED ,,
> >>> I have learned my lesson about this , from clothes, I used to have
> >>> Shabat clothes and everyday clothes ,, i had this SHIRT i kept for
> >>> holidays, by the time i wanted to wear it again , i had a different
> >>> size , and it looked SO OLD FASHIONED, i didn`t like it anymore ....
> >>> things should be used and recycled .... mirjam
> >> Well, that's really the history of beautiful crazy quilts. =A0So many =
are made
> >> with pieces of material taken from garments. Curtains, whatever has me=
aning
> >> and beauty that you want to keep with you.
>
> >> With modern clothing, I think it's a question of whether the time to
> >> "recycle" the fabric, and the likely result are worthy. =A0We tend to =
be very
> >> throw away. =A0For me, if it's something I love and I may recycle it i=
nto a
> >> totally different object. =A0But, if it's just the wrong size - there'=
s a good
> >> chance I'll donate it to a worthy charity (shelter, suits to the chari=
ty
> >> that helps women looking for jobs, getting off welfare, etc).
>
> >> ellice
>
> > Thank you Ellice , i read a lot about Crazy [ as well as `regular`]
> > quilts,,
> > =A0Of course with us , recycling and remaking , was a needed part of
> > life,
> > when i was a child , as we had nothing. Thus we learned to adorn the
> > plainest , older
> > things with a bit of thread , a new button etc ,,,,
> > Since i don`t buy much ready made clothes, i have things i just
> > change , lately i took some
> > `Veteran skirts` and turnmed them into cushion covers , some have
> > turned into bags , shirts etc,.,,,
> > I have some clothes which in some manner or other i already wear =A040
> > years, thus if i now decided to cut them up for something it is quite
> > ok ,, The embroidery treasure box is either things i inherited or
> > recieved...
> > Coats and things i can`t reuse for myself , i donate wilingly .
> > mirjam
>
> I had a beloved bathrobe that I wore til it was threadbare, but saved
> enough of the lewss-worn areas to make a couple of teddy bears. I've put
> them in my daughters' Hope Chests and someday they'll find them there -
> and may remember me wearing that robe *every day* for a big part of
> their youths!
>
> sue
>
> --
> Susan Hartman/Dirty Linen
> The Magazine of Folk and World Musicwww.dirtylinen.com- Hide quoted text =
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>
> - Show quoted text -
Thank you for telling this story. It is exactly waht i feel about
recycling things.
mirjam
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