My thrift store finds - post any you find too!

**LitTrog** · 22nd May 13, 07:24 PM

Originally Posted by Elizabeth

Pictures please.

I-I-I'm huntin'.

**Richrail** · 22nd May 13, 11:38 PM

I found a black cashmere sport coat and had it converted to an argyle kilt jacket
Unfortunately it's to big now. It's a 50R and I'm down to a 46R.
Here's a camel hair sport coat I found for $4.00 and had converted

**FiremanDahl** · 26th May 13, 12:10 PM

Rich,
if your likely to move it on or anything else, I am a 50 size.
Lance

**kiltedrennie** · 5th June 13, 06:21 AM

Here's my most recent upcycle from the resale shop tweed jacket. I recently purchased an iPhone and a cheap $5 case for it. The case was covered with plastic and had random two tone skulls on it. Not really my style, but it was that or pink flowers so... I cut the seams, separated the two halves, wrapped some tweed around the outer cover and sewed it back together. At first I considered making a brown leather patch to surround the camera opening but went with a simple buttonhole stitch instead.

Pushing a needle through light cardboard wasn't exactly fun, but it turned out nice I think. Lots of tweed still left over. I'm thinking of recanvassing some cheap skate shoes next.

**Elizabeth** · 5th June 13, 09:48 AM

Much nicer than skulls! I am going to be looking for a tweed jacket to use for small projects. First off I want a business card holder and to cover a sunglasses case.

**brewerpaul** · 5th June 13, 12:17 PM

Originally Posted by Elizabeth

Much nicer than skulls! I am going to be looking for a tweed jacket to use for small projects. First off I want a business card holder and to cover a sunglasses case.

I've scored quite a few yards of vintage tweed and wool from shopgoodwill and Ebay. Makes it easy to use the scraps for small projects and people are always impressed when you have a sharp looking tweed cover for your phone...

Ive got a 10 dollar Harris Tweed jacket on the way from shopgoodwill that has the possibilities of becoming a conversion jacket if it fits well.

Almost forgot, if you have enough from an old jacket or scraps you can make a mighty fine tweed bonnet too.

**kiltedrennie** · 5th June 13, 06:16 PM

That bonnet is also on my todo list! Thanks for sending me the info on it.

**Elizabeth** · 5th June 13, 09:54 PM

The couple bonnets are on my list.

Paul, could a bonnet be made of lighter weight fabric? I have some hounds tooth that is now in the form of a skirt that would make a lovely more feminine bonnet for me. It's tan, green and brown. Of course the skirt was a thrift store find. $1.91.

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**brewerpaul** · 6th June 13, 05:18 AM

Originally Posted by Elizabeth

The couple bonnets are on my list.

Paul, could a bonnet be made of lighter weight fabric? I have some hounds tooth that is now in the form of a skirt that would make a lovely more feminine bonnet for me. It's tan, green and brown. Of course the skirt was a thrift store find. $1.91.

That is a nice looking houndstooth. I think it could be made into a bonnet though the light fabric may need a bit of help. You might find a similar weight of muslin material and experiment. The pros can chime in here too but if it is to floopy you could reinforce it with some fuesable interface and maybe put a satin lining in it to cover the interface. This would give you a bit more body to the cloth. If nothing else, and you had enough large peices, it would make a nice vest too.

**kiltedrennie** · 6th June 13, 05:34 AM

Originally Posted by brewerpaul

That is a nice looking houndstooth. I think it could be made into a bonnet though the light fabric may need a bit of help. You might find a similar weight of muslin material and experiment. The pros can chime in here too but if it is to floopy you could reinforce it with some fuesable interface and maybe put a satin lining in it to cover the interface. This would give you a bit more body to the cloth. If nothing else, and you had enough large peices, it would make a nice vest too.

I'm no pro, but I would think fusible interfacing would give the tweed a nice foundation to work with. The jacket material I'm using is fairly loose weave that warps significantly. So far I've worked around this by using just enough tacky glue to hold it in place. Of course with a bonnet you won't have a static surface.

I'm visiting the thrift store again today to look for more material. I'm also going to approach a shop in my home town that sells locally produced products. Based on their store content, a tweed covered phone/tablet case might sell well. Especially if I can find material in the local school colors. I'll need to figure out a profitable yet reasonable price point.