People are entitled to preserve their own items for any aesthetic or
sentimental reason they want. I certainly have things I think are
beautiful that I would not alter for style (at least not right now), but
that is different from being a custodian of history, let alone a
custodian of someone else's stuff, and different from thinking
everything old is precious and should be inviolable.
Fran
Lavolta Press
www.lavoltapress.com
On 3/29/2013 7:22 PM, Sybella wrote:
Yeeessss!! Maggie's got it!! :)
Though, I do use my vintage gold and silver hat pins, jewelry, hair combs,
etc. they will never be altered while I own them. Their history is an
important part of why I adore them so much. I have a few vintage hats that
I have considered hand-sewing some vintage bobbles to but I'm having a hard
time convincing myself that it's okay to alter them.
One time I hurt my finger and had to get a ring off quick because my finger
was swelling. You should have seen me stressing about cutting it off! It
was comical! The inside is inscribed "10 29 1895-1945" because it was
someone's 50 year anniversary ring at one time. The people that were with
me were looking at me funny because I couldn't bring myself cut the center
middle. "What are you doing?!!?" they were saying, "You don't cut a ring
toward the front!" All the while, I was just hoping I would miss the
inscription. Finger, be damned! LOL!
Clothing, household textiles and whatnot, I don't have that same problem
with. I do buy linen at thrift stores just to harvest the fabric for other
projects.
'Bella
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