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Posted by Karen Maslowski on July 3, 2006, 10:54 am
Beverly, I have to add this, in defense of the New Orleans/LA
government. They got a lot of criticism for not getting everyone out,
but so many people simply did not want to leave, and some absolutely did
not believe the warnings. Just last week there were 200,000 evacuated in
Wilkes Barre, PA because of the threat of the dam breaking, but not
everyone would leave. They did not get any criticism. Nothing happened,
of course, but if it had, who would have been "at fault" for those who
elected to stay behind? Surely, it would have been their own fault.
I don't want to get into a war here, but I do think the mayor and
governor of LA both got way more than their fair share of criticism. If
the truth were allowed to be spoken, EVERYONE along the way, including
the citizens themselves, had culpability.
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Karen Maslowski in Cincinnati
www.sewstorm.com
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Posted by Karen Maslowski on July 2, 2006, 10:17 am
They must. I was just at a very large antique mall in northwestern Ohio
yesterday, a place called Jeffrey's that I try to visit whenever I visit
my daughter in Toledo, and saw old thread for sale. And even more
mysteriously, there were lots of old metal canisters of spices, some
with the ancient, dried-out spices still in them--selling from $4-8.50!
I suspect that the old wooden spools are the draw, not the fragile
thread, although I do have some old silk thread of my grandmother's (on
wooden spooles), and as long as it is kept humidified it is still nicer
than some of the new stuff.
Olwyn Mary wrote:
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> Merciful Heavens!! Do people really BUY this stuff?? I have some of
> those in among the old threads I was going to use up for staystitching
> new fabric before I pre-wash it. Likewise I also have a box of old,
> empty wooden spools somewhere which I thought might come in useful for a
> craft project some day. I want to get some of the junk OUTTA here, not
> add to it!!
>
> Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
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Karen Maslowski in Cincinnati
www.sewstorm.com
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Posted by Candide on July 2, 2006, 11:00 am
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"Karen Maslowski" <"sewstorm at f u s e dot com"> wrote in message
> They must. I was just at a very large antique mall in northwestern
Ohio
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> yesterday, a place called Jeffrey's that I try to visit whenever I
visit
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> my daughter in Toledo, and saw old thread for sale. And even more
> mysteriously, there were lots of old metal canisters of spices, some
> with the ancient, dried-out spices still in them--selling from
$4-8.50!
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> I suspect that the old wooden spools are the draw, not the fragile
> thread, although I do have some old silk thread of my grandmother's
(on
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> wooden spooles), and as long as it is kept humidified it is still
nicer
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> than some of the new stuff.
Just took a peek through my sewing box, and there are several spools of
vintage Lilly embroidery thread. The box was an eBay find, and the
threads came along. Going to run up some embroidery stitching on my
"new" Elna machine to see how things go.
Will give you that some of the colours of vintage threads,especially
Belding/ Corticelli silk embroidery are so gorgeous. Just saw must be a
rather rare shade called "parakeet", and had to keep my fingers still
from bidding.
Candide
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Posted by cea on July 3, 2006, 2:42 pm
Olwyn Mary wrote:
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> Candide wrote:
> > Am constantly amazed by the prices some people are willing to pay for
> > vintage sewing/embroidery threads. You know, the stuff on wooden spools
> > that is 40 or more years old.
> Merciful Heavens!! Do people really BUY this stuff?? I have some of
> those in among the old threads I was going to use up for staystitching
> new fabric before I pre-wash it. Likewise I also have a box of old,
> empty wooden spools somewhere which I thought might come in useful for a
> craft project some day. I want to get some of the junk OUTTA here, not
> add to it!!
> Olwyn Mary in New Orleans
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Errr.... (glancing over my shoulder guiltily);;;uh, yes, I
occasionally buy it, if the spool is reeeeeely old. I have a collection
of old wooden spools. Some of them are from mills, so they are
large/tall enough to serve as candleholders. A bit different, very
servicable. The more interesting short wooden spools, I put into sewing
shadowboxes. Am working on filling a large, old wooden type-set box
next. Old thimbles, colorful old packages of needles and pins, odd
sewing implements, etc., all go into the box 'windows'.
As to thread on the spools, why, I never thought about value of
spool as related to thread still on it. Then again, I would not use old
thread for any sewing project, just as I would not touch those cheap, 6
for $1.00 spools which some shops stock. Cheap, slubby stuff.
Oh, I remebered something else. When my fraternal GMother died, I
was assigned, at the age of 12, to sort through boxes of meaningless
junk. I remember being astonished that she had unravelled thread from
old worn-out clothing, keeping the thread for re-use. It was all kinky
from the garments it previously kept together. Piles and piles of it.
Consumer goods were so precious during the war years.
Cea
Cea
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Posted by Olwyn Mary on July 5, 2006, 11:13 am
cea wrote:
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> Errr.... (glancing over my shoulder guiltily);;;uh, yes, I
> occasionally buy it, if the spool is reeeeeely old. I have a collection
> of old wooden spools. Some of them are from mills, so they are
> large/tall enough to serve as candleholders. A bit different, very
> servicable. The more interesting short wooden spools, I put into sewing
> shadowboxes. Am working on filling a large, old wooden type-set box
> next. Old thimbles, colorful old packages of needles and pins, odd
> sewing implements, etc., all go into the box 'windows'.
I see. That explains it. You are buying old spools of thread not as
thread but as "objets trouves" for inclusion in art projects. That
makes more sense.
Olwyn Mary in New orleans.
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> Merciful Heavens!! Do people really BUY this stuff?? I have some of
> those in among the old threads I was going to use up for staystitching
> new fabric before I pre-wash it. Likewise I also have a box of old,
> empty wooden spools somewhere which I thought might come in useful for a
> craft project some day. I want to get some of the junk OUTTA here, not
> add to it!!
>
> Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
>