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it's been a long weekend : )


On Nov 3, 2008, at 10:32 PM, paxamicus AT earthlink.net wrote:

> I saw some someone had turned them into hadnbags...cut off the legs at
> crotch height and stitched straight across, put a ribbon through the
> belt loops, used the same ribbon and sewed on handles, and was seling
> them like hotcakes for $50 at a boutique-y place on the beach.
>
>
> On Nov 3, 2008, at 6:21 PM, Lynda wrote:
>
> > Youngest volunteers at a thrift store and the owner gave her a whole
> > bunch
> > of old Levis and other jeans.  She's planning a quilt right now.
> > Last year
> > she designed and made a 50s style halter dress out of old Levis.   
> > When
> > they're old, they're still good for lots of things!