~:: Flying South: pt.2 – treasure ::~

I did make two suggestions while I was down there with Kev. We went to the movies, for one. And I loved that. I’ve been wanting to go to the movies for months. And the other was based on a piece of brilliant reasoning: if you want to start collecting nice wool sweaters for re-purposing, you have a better shot at finding them in a place where tons of people are moving in from all over the country,only to find out they won’t need that wool anymore than you do living in a place that has more children’s authors and crafters per square inch than any other place on the face of the planet – and all of them wear wool in the winter.

So I made her drag me to a thrift store. Two thrifts stores. But the first one was the best. There I made the most AMAZING find: two pure wool old lady felt vests in something approaching a size 18 (SO much better than a size small). Embellished with felt leaves. Yards of pure wool felt.

Embellished with felt leaves. Yards of pure wool felt. (Another FINE iPhone image.)

And this was the price of each:

I almost didn’t buy them. It was a crisis of imagination. Present me with a lack of design and I fold. But once in a while, I have an idea. And the idea was this: if I cut the leaves off of the vests, leaving a nice maroon border around each one – well, the possibilities were – maybe not endless, but interesting.

Once again, the dining room is highjacked for a crafty project.

Brown ribbon.  Orange ribbon, Twenty one leaves (including two clumps of acorns).

So I did it. And when I got home, I found myself some nice ribbons and sewed them together,

and then attached the leaves

and PRESTO:

Autumn bunting!!

Yeah—it’s little thin. But may I say that, this being my first flirtation with actual repurposing – I am pretty dang satisfied with my little self.  You might even say, I feel HAPPY of myself.

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