Op Shop Rescues :: Compliments

Over 20yrs ago I used to create garments from vintage bedspreads & curtains

and sell them

the only thing that has changed is I don't sell garments anymore 
instead I sell time, space & knowledge in the form of workshops

I haven't sold a garment in over12yrs
[these days I use my children to gauge time]

so

 I take it as a compliment 

when I see one of my creations hanging in an Op Shop

so far it's happened 3x in the last couple of years

and on 2 of those occasions I've rescued them.

This brocade Vest is over 20yrs old 
I know this because I was creating these just before I fell pregnant with Eliza

and she'll be 21 in June.

It was hanging on the 'Designer Rack'
and after I told the Manager my tale
she sold it to me for $2.

This barkcloth Jacket was a custom order -
I remember the client didn't want studs on the breast pockets.

Fortuitously I walked into the Op Shop
[one I don't frequent]
just as the Jacket had been hung up
and walked out with it for the princely sum of $5.

On an Op-shopping excursion while Regina was visiting from Victoria

we popped into one of her x-locals

and discovered this Pearl Jacket.

It had been created 15yrs ago from vintage curtains that Regina had given me

and it wasn't Reginas cos she's still got hers!

This one I didn't rescue

so I hope she found a good home and is treasured.