I have loads of squirrel furs that I have tanned myself (I warn you, they are fairly stiff) and quite a few rabbit furs as well (they are dyeable. Ifanyone wants some, just pay for postage and I can get them to you.
I, also, find furs and pelts of all kinds at Flea Markets, yard sales, etc. And often buy them, even without a specific project. I just cannot resist them. TWICE, I have bought those mink scarf things fromt he 1940's and 50's, where they have 3 or 4 minks end to end and a snap closure so you wear it as a neckpiece. They are awesome. And in great shape and usually not more than $10. I also have a light colored mink stole upstairs, not in immaculate condition, that the guy MADE me take for free, just so he wouldn't take it home. IT's free to a good home, for postage costs. Enoiugh good stuff left in it to make at least one wide collar..... Yours in costuming,Lisa A On Sat, 04 Dec 2010 10:32:35 -0500 Mary + Doug Piero Carey <[email protected]> writes: > > > On 12/4/2010 9:39 AM, Kate Bunting wrote: > > Political correctness has made it impossible to buy old fur coats in > charity shops... > > Huh? > > Kate, where are you? The 2nd hand stores around here still sell fur > sometimes& the yard sales& estate sales are rife with them. I > must have regretfully passed on buying well over a dozen in the last > year, for lack of time and/or projects that required them! (All > those baby boomers moving into smaller quarters, or dying, I'm > sure.) > > Mary Piero Carey > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
