I've worn it to work almost every day for the past 4 years. When I'm sitting at my desk, I usually sit with my left elbow on the desk and use my left hand to prop my head up. And now I have a hole in that part of my jacket.
I didn't realize a hole was forming until it was already there. I'm gonna try and quit wearing it so much but I'm quite attached to it. I'm thinking of teaching myself how to sew so I can turn the jacket into a little teddy bear.
Happy HNT!
Can you sew (or have someone sew) a patch on the elbow? That way you can keep wearing it.
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Patches baby... it's called Patches - oh yeah.
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That'd be really cool if you could turn it in to a teddy bear. Or take it to someone and have them turn it into a teddy bear.
ReplyDeleteAfter my Pop-Pop passed in October my Mom brought back all his square dancing shirts, my mother-in-law is making a quilt for my mom, and pillows for each of my girls out of them and one for me. I think a teddy bear would be awesome, you'd probably have enough to make a pillow also.
ReplyDeleteIt will be great whatever you decide to make of it.... sometimes just having it hanging in the closet where you see it daily can be a pleasure. I have a coat like that...
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great idea....turn it into something yuo can keep....you have very pretty fingertips. HAppy HNT!
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ReplyDeleteWhat a cool idea :) HHNT!
ReplyDeleteI can relate. Sew the shirt. Put in elbow patches. You can find that material or something close/matching easily enough. Go to fabric store. :-) HHNT!
ReplyDeleteI think i have like that only it is quilted.
ReplyDeletei am with others on the elbow patch...they are quick and easy... :)
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Yeah, Chickie...if you still want to wear it, I'd think about the patch idea...How dear that you have this shirt and love it so much...I can understand it....You can always make a Teddy Bear out of it if the Patch idea doesn't work...Good Luck with that my dear, Chickie...
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ReplyDeletehmmmm makes me think way back myself now... only thing I wanted was the ol rockin chair that grandpa sat in looking out the window, talking about the neighbor's, spit toon can beside the ol rocker, sigh. It sits now in my living room and still creaks the same way it always did. Thanks for the memory! Try the patch for a while, you can make the teddy later. ;-)
ReplyDeleteAwwww. I have my grandpa's jacket and I wear it too.
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet story. HHNT!
ReplyDeletelovely story, beautiful HNT :) Thanks for that!
ReplyDeleteBe glad ya only wore a hole in th jacket. You couda wore a hole in yer head aftr all them years o sittin that way.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a sweet tribute to your grandpa. I'd mend the elbow so I could keep wearing it. Happy HNT.
ReplyDeleteThank you all for your comments! I'd thought about doing a patch but then changed my mind because it would make the jacket different. But I think I'll do it as a last resort. I really do like wearing it. Maybe after I wear out a patch I'll turn it into a teddy bear or something.
ReplyDeleteJoey Polanski - That had never occurred to me. I'll be grateful now that it was the jacket that ended up with the hole.
Great story for a HNT. It shouldn't be that difficult to repair. HHNT to ya.
ReplyDeleteThat is a sweet story, and a great jacket.
ReplyDeleteThat's a cool idea. I have all my grandpa's sweaters, I use to wrap up in them and study even though they were three sizes to big.
ReplyDeleteI think a teddy bear would be an awesome idea! LOVE. FLANNEL. I can't help it. You can thank Eddie Vedder.
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