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11. Oh, yes. I've made things for my son and grandson -- my son appreciated the
Thu Aug 28, 2014, 10:26 PM
Aug 2014

afghan so much that his best friend wanted one, too. So I made one. That set of afghans is still being used. I also used to make do rags for my son's head when he was working outside as an electrician. He loved to get them - no one else had such cool fabric do rags. I could have sold them at the job site, LOL.

However, I've sewn lined summer hats for my grandson which were actually worn, but several other things I made (like a small play tent for stuffed animals or dolls, which was a BITCH to make, and a requested stuffed cat ) mysteriously disappeared. After the few disappearances, I stopped making stuff for that household. Mom gets into a toss mode (which is funny, because she's essentially a real slob) and my stuff seems to go first. Hmmmm.

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