| Yes, it's an absolute sin to kill those precious little | | | | (made from the sleeves) that laid on my bed for |
| creatures to create new fur coats just so we can | | | | nearly 20 years. The body of the coat was so oddly |
| look "glam". But what about all the fur coats that hang | | | | shaped that I decided to trim it in to an even rectangle |
| in the thrift stores? What about Grandma's fur coat | | | | that laid over the foot of my bed to be used as a |
| that was handed down to us still smelling a bit like moth | | | | very warm and comforting "throw". |
| balls? What do we do with these items when we are | | | | I enjoyed these new decor items for years. That is, |
| timid about wearing them? | | | | until "Sadie" entered the picture. |
| Here's the answer! | | | | Sadie is the "other woman" in my husbands life. A |
| In the 1970's, when I spied my first "Value Village Thrift | | | | striking strawberry blond with big brown eyes who |
| Store" just after moving to Seattle, I latched on to the | | | | woos and teases him and demands much of us both. |
| most wonderful feeling, large fur coat. There it was | | | | Sadie, of course, is our dog and Sadie LOVED that fur! |
| hanging on the rack.....I couldn't stop my hand from | | | | Being "childless", I think Sadie adopted them as her |
| touching the fawn brown fur. The texture, the | | | | puppies. |
| softness, immediately sent me in to a sort of female | | | | Little by little over the years, she nurtured those pillows |
| "daze" that was hard to describe and that only a | | | | and throw as if they were her children. Flea biting them |
| woman could relate to. | | | | until they lost their fur leaving just the "hide" exposed. |
| I slipped it off the hanger and slipped myself in to it. It's | | | | Sadly, my fur pillows and throw made it to the |
| 1940's styling dwarfed me! It was miles to big for me | | | | garbage can, never to be seen again. But ah, the |
| but at such a bargain price of just $35.00, I had to | | | | memories remain of laying on the throw with the pillow |
| have this exquisite feeling thing! | | | | under my head, my cheek nestled against it in comfort |
| For years I let it hang in the closet. Then one day, | | | | as I napped and dreamed of mansions. |
| knowing I would never wear it anywhere, I decided to | | | | The fur items added texture to the other, coordinating |
| re-fashion this mass of fur in to something I could truly | | | | bed pillows and I enjoyed the comments from people |
| enjoy on a daily basis. I cut it up! That's right! I took a | | | | as I would show them the decorating I had done in that |
| pair of scissors to the thing! Can you believe it? But it | | | | room. "Wow!" they would exclaim as they would walk |
| was the best thing I could have done. | | | | over to touch the fur and run their hands across it. |
| After ripping out the lining and cutting off the sleeves, I | | | | So if you have a fur coat in your closet that you dread |
| bought an upholstery sewing needle and upholstery | | | | wearing, but also feel that it's much too good to throw |
| thread in deep brown and began giving this tired old | | | | away, think about turning it in to something you can |
| coat new life. | | | | enjoy on a daily basis. It creates a feeling of luxury you |
| What resulted were two wonderful oblong pillows | | | | will enjoy for years. |