While I was fancifying a pair of jeans and my winter coat yesterday, I decided to dig into my stash and pull out an old roll of beautiful red silk ribbon trim. I bought this more than 15 years ago when we were visiting family and friends in Toulouse, France, at La Drogerie. It's called The Pharmacy, but it's not a drug store. It sells fancy trims like this and other expensive embellishments ... It could be very addictive! This was a very expensive bit of ribbon (I think it was $30/yard back then), and I've been saving it for something special ...
The wait is over!
Yesterday at Goodwill, I found a black (Read: Empty palette for anything I want to do to gussy it up), mostly wool jacket that actually fit me for a whopping $8. It's unusual to find decent wool items in the thrift stores these days, and even rarer to find something that actually fits.
I had enough silk ribbon to outline the zipper opening on both sides, along with the hood. There was a little left over, so I also did the cuff of the left sleeve. There wasn't quite enough to do both sleeves, but I may still use the remaining scrap to embellish the right pocket.
I am really happy with the way it turned out.
It makes me sad that summer is here, and I won't be able to wear this until sometime next fall.
I also got this velvet hat, made by a company in Milwaukee. It's a lot like the "house-is-cold" wool hat I wear most of the winter. This one can be for warmer weather. I paid $2 at Goodwill. I do love a bargain! It means I can spend more of things like pretty silk ribbon!
1 comment:
What a bargain hunter! And who would think to gussy up a coat that cost you so little with that very expensive French ribbon - it looks great and the asymmetry due to shortage of ribbon is not a bad thing but makes it look more designer in nature. Good catch!
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