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Posted by Patti S on December 30, 2006, 10:44 pm
Hi Cindy
I couldn't believe how many "designer" labels there were! So - that's
what I began looking for. Only..... I didn't struggle with ripping them
apart. I came home and dove right in. The wool is beautiful. I ripped
apart an Eddie Bauer and a DKNY jacket last night, washed them, dried
them, and the wool is just as soft and pretty as can be. Amazing how
much it shrinks!
Now - me thinks you should just maybe take ONE of those "finds", and rip
it apart so it will find a good home, instead of sitting in your closet,
wanting to be loved :-)
Patti in Seattle
Sat, Dec 30, 2006, 7:29pm (PST+2) From: teleflora@hotmail.com
(teleflora) wrote:
Every single time I do that, I come home and can't bear to cut up the
clothes! I found perfectly good wool jackets! They don't fit me or
anyone else I know, but I can't just cut them up. Same thing happened
when I was hunting plaid flannel for a Santa Claus thing I had going on
for awhile. Found tons of great flannel shirts! Ralph Lauren! Barely
broken in. Nothing wrong with them! Will they ever be worn in my house?
NO! Doesn't matter. Can't cut them up.
It's sad. It really is.
Cindy
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Posted by Betty in Wi on December 30, 2006, 11:19 pm
I got most of mine at the "Barn" flea market where I volunteer.....for a
quarter a piece. A few times I felt bad about cutting them up........and
then I reminded myself what I had paid. And if they didn't sell at the Barn,
they would go to Goodwill or be tossed! We're not destroying them.....we're
giving them a new life.
Betty in WI
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> Hi Cindy
> I couldn't believe how many "designer" labels there were! So - that's
> what I began looking for. Only..... I didn't struggle with ripping them
> apart. I came home and dove right in. The wool is beautiful. I ripped
> apart an Eddie Bauer and a DKNY jacket last night, washed them, dried
> them, and the wool is just as soft and pretty as can be. Amazing how
> much it shrinks!
> Now - me thinks you should just maybe take ONE of those "finds", and rip
> it apart so it will find a good home, instead of sitting in your closet,
> wanting to be loved :-)
> Patti in Seattle
> Sat, Dec 30, 2006, 7:29pm (PST+2) From: teleflora@hotmail.com
> (teleflora) wrote:
> Every single time I do that, I come home and can't bear to cut up the
> clothes! I found perfectly good wool jackets! They don't fit me or
> anyone else I know, but I can't just cut them up. Same thing happened
> when I was hunting plaid flannel for a Santa Claus thing I had going on
> for awhile. Found tons of great flannel shirts! Ralph Lauren! Barely
> broken in. Nothing wrong with them! Will they ever be worn in my house?
> NO! Doesn't matter. Can't cut them up.
> It's sad. It really is.
> Cindy
>
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Posted by Patti S on December 30, 2006, 11:36 pm
Wow, Betty! 25=E7 is quite the bargain!! I think I paid $4 for the
jackets I bought, and I think the full length coat was $12 - still a
bargain, but not as good as yours! I was amazed at the amount of
interfacing, double interfacing, pellon and lining that came out of
those things! And the shoulder pads! But after all was said and done, I
still got quite a good bit of wool. I haven't tackled the full length
coat yet - that will definitely be a "watch TV and disassemble" project,
as I'm sure it will take the entire evening.
Patti in Seattle
From: bevans@NOSPAMfrontiernet.net (Betty=A0in=A0Wi) wrote:
I got most of mine at the "Barn" flea market where I volunteer.....for a
quarter a piece. A few times I felt bad about cutting them up........and
then I reminded myself what I had paid. And if they didn't sell at the
Barn, they would go to Goodwill or be tossed! We're not destroying
them.....we're giving them a new life.
Betty in WI
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Posted by teleflora on December 30, 2006, 11:35 pm
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> Hi Cindy
> I couldn't believe how many "designer" labels there were! So - that's
> what I began looking for. Only..... I didn't struggle with ripping them
> apart. I came home and dove right in. The wool is beautiful. I ripped
> apart an Eddie Bauer and a DKNY jacket last night, washed them, dried
> them, and the wool is just as soft and pretty as can be. Amazing how
> much it shrinks!
> Now - me thinks you should just maybe take ONE of those "finds", and rip
> it apart so it will find a good home, instead of sitting in your closet,
> wanting to be loved :-)
Not to mention the newfound closet space it will give me. OK, I'll give it
a go. It will be hard though.
Cindy
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Posted by Phyllis Nilsson on December 30, 2006, 11:12 pm
Just think of it as disassembling.
teleflora wrote:
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> Every single time I do that, I come home and can't bear to cut up the
> clothes! I found perfectly good wool jackets! They don't fit me or
> anyone
> else I know, but I can't just cut them up. Same thing happened when I was
> hunting plaid flannel for a Santa Claus thing I had going on for awhile.
> Found tons of great flannel shirts! Ralph Lauren! Barely broken in.
> Nothing wrong with them! Will they ever be worn in my house? NO!
> Doesn't
> matter. Can't cut them up.
>
> It's sad. It really is.
>
> Cindy
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Toledo,Ohio
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> I couldn't believe how many "designer" labels there were! So - that's
> what I began looking for. Only..... I didn't struggle with ripping them
> apart. I came home and dove right in. The wool is beautiful. I ripped
> apart an Eddie Bauer and a DKNY jacket last night, washed them, dried
> them, and the wool is just as soft and pretty as can be. Amazing how
> much it shrinks!
> Now - me thinks you should just maybe take ONE of those "finds", and rip
> it apart so it will find a good home, instead of sitting in your closet,
> wanting to be loved :-)
> Patti in Seattle
> Sat, Dec 30, 2006, 7:29pm (PST+2) From: teleflora@hotmail.com
> (teleflora) wrote:
> Every single time I do that, I come home and can't bear to cut up the
> clothes! I found perfectly good wool jackets! They don't fit me or
> anyone else I know, but I can't just cut them up. Same thing happened
> when I was hunting plaid flannel for a Santa Claus thing I had going on
> for awhile. Found tons of great flannel shirts! Ralph Lauren! Barely
> broken in. Nothing wrong with them! Will they ever be worn in my house?
> NO! Doesn't matter. Can't cut them up.
> It's sad. It really is.
> Cindy
>