Post #146615 by SilverLine on Mon, Mar 14, 2005 8:06 AM

On 2005-03-13 12:34, bigbrotiki wrote:
WAITAMINNIT, pleeeeease....before y'all start slicing up your vintage Aloha shirts, please think twice, consider their collectability, and spare the ones with Tiki prints.
They might eventually find a place in my upcoming book on Aloha shirt design entitled "The Look Of Tiki" (which will become LOT, I guess).

"The Look of Tiki"? Very Cool! And a VERY good idea! Most of us can't afford thousands of dollars for WWII vintage shirts.

Now about cutting up shirts for quilts . . you wouldn't grind up prefectly good mugs to make a serving bowl (would you?). Save the good shirts (and your money) and buy damaged shirts. I used to buy shirts for 40 cents a pound at Goodwill, resell the nice ones and salvage the buttons off the torn ones to replace missing buttons on otherwise good shirts. Ask around at your favorite thrift stores. They usually cull the damaged shirts before anyone ever sees them.

SAVE THE SHIRTS!!

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[ Edited by: SilverLine on 2005-03-14 09:29 ]