Yeeessss!! Maggie's got it!! :) Though, I do use my vintage gold and silver hat pins, jewelry, hair combs, etc. they will never be altered while I own them. Their history is an important part of why I adore them so much. I have a few vintage hats that I have considered hand-sewing some vintage bobbles to but I'm having a hard time convincing myself that it's okay to alter them.
One time I hurt my finger and had to get a ring off quick because my finger was swelling. You should have seen me stressing about cutting it off! It was comical! The inside is inscribed "10 29 1895-1945" because it was someone's 50 year anniversary ring at one time. The people that were with me were looking at me funny because I couldn't bring myself cut the center middle. "What are you doing?!!?" they were saying, "You don't cut a ring toward the front!" All the while, I was just hoping I would miss the inscription. Finger, be damned! LOL! Clothing, household textiles and whatnot, I don't have that same problem with. I do buy linen at thrift stores just to harvest the fabric for other projects. 'Bella On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 6:54 PM, Maggie Koenig <hhalb94...@aol.com> wrote: > > Fran, > > I think what is being asked is are there antique items of any kind that > you won't mess with. For example, my mom's antique cups and saucers that > she collected were never used. However, we did use the antique depression > glass that she collected on a daily basis. > > Personally, I won't take apart a textile to use its components. However I > will use vintage ribbon and trims on reproduction items that won't get > heavy use. I don't wear vintage clothing at all which is fine since I'm a > little fluffy for it. > > Maggie Koenig. > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 29, 2013, at 9:49 PM, Lavolta Press <f...@lavoltapress.com> wrote: > > > Absolutely no item that belongs to anyone else is sacred to me. It's not > my business to decide that for other people. > > > > My collection and my wardrobe freely overlap. I bought everything I own > with the possibility of wearing it someday, even if only on rare occasions. > Otherwise I would not enjoy it. I don't have room to display clothes and > for me there's no point in acquiring things that just sit around in a > closet or chest for decades. What I wear and don't wear changes over time, > depending on the occasions I have to wear things and on whatever vintage > styles may currently be in fashion. I have pulled out garments I wasn't > wearing to dye or to cut up. I've put away other garments, most merely > because I currently have no occasion to wear them. It's whatever I need > and want at the moment. I don't make a permanent decision never to wear or > alter anything. > > > > Fran > > Lavolta Press > > www.lavoltapress.com > > > > > > On 3/29/2013 6:36 PM, Sybella wrote: > >> Oh no...please don't feel I'm putting you in the place to defend > yourself. > >> I'm not judging you, Fran. I agree that people can do what they want > with > >> what they own but there are a few things that I wish people would leave > >> alone. > >> > >> (The Wittelsbach Diamond, for example -- 400 years went down the toilet > in > >> 2011.) > >> > >> However, those that have responded to this thread seem to fall in > different > >> areas of a save or reuse spectrum. I find that interesting! Compared to > >> Isabella's outrage, you're on the other extreme. > >> > >> I'm just curious if there is anything "sacred" to you, any certain item > >> that should be saved, not reused or recycled. If so, what is it?? ;) > >> _______________________________________________ > >> h-costume mailing list > >> h-costume@mail.indra.com > >> http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > h-costume@mail.indra.com > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
