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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

dixiegrrrrl

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6. Ty..

Reply to cbayer (Reply #3)

Tue Aug 28, 2012, 11:21 PM

Aug 2012

I just love ETSY for shopping. They have tons of "vintage" stuff, most of which was in my kitchen at one time or the other in the last 4 decades! Just poking around the shops is a trip down nostalgia lane. ( altho I an shocked at the neon colors from the late 60's... .)

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Solved the dust ruffle problem. [View all] dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 OP

I have come to loathe dust ruffles. Curmudgeoness Aug 2012 #1

I sewed one once. You put in two rows of baste stitch 5/8th and 1 inch from the top of a long piece applegrove Aug 2012 #2

I did this velcro trick once...it worked great. That was on a regular non antique bed that could... northoftheborder Aug 2012 #4

I had a trunk at the end of my bed. So I didn't put the velcro ruffle there. I had the velcro applegrove Aug 2012 #5

Brilliant! Well done. cbayer Aug 2012 #3

Ty.. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #6

So am I, NOW, but I remember wearing some of them!!! Also the wall-paper was atrocious. northoftheborder Sep 2012 #7

"brown wood wall paneling. " dixiegrrrrl Sep 2012 #8

We did the same thing- works just fine we can do it Sep 2012 #9