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Can anyone recommend an exceptional photo book service?

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Feb 1, 2023Liked by Blackbird Spyplane

T-shirt quilt! You can find quilters on Etsy who’ll make one out of yr old graphic tees. Win/win. A cozy, aunt-wave solution.

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Hey there spy friends, please help me find the post that talks about the vintage inspiration behind the bittner jacket? Thanks a million 🫶🏼

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Jan 31, 2023·edited Jan 31, 2023Author

whoops thought i linked ! -- https://www.blackbirdspyplane.com/p/the-fire-carhartt-alternative-nobodys

will add a link to the post now too

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Thank you, much 💖

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This is tangentially related, but the power of the visual artifact works well for shit that gets stolen, as well. Once upon a time, before Hodinkee was a punchline, they ran a reader survey, and the prize was a very nice vintage Explorer 1016. Against all odds, I won, and since I lived two blocks away, I dropped by to pick it up and I got my fifteen minutes of fame with a blogpost and some pics where I look smug as fuck.

Fast forward two years, my watch gets jacked out of my office at work, and the cameras are conveniently on their Bourne Ultimatum "take the shot" shutdown at that point. At first I was steamed, because the post-'Dink watch boom was in full swing and I could never justify buying a replacement. But the post and the pics live on, and it's a very good story/reminder of a thing that I loved a lot.

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!!

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Jan 31, 2023Liked by Blackbird Spyplane

Facing this conundrum with vintage dresses. Currently turning two that have seen better days into a quilt for the baby I need to make some space for. A high school friend had her mom make a Tshirt quilt.

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Yesss… I’ve also turned old clothes into patchwork pillows and I started to make a rag rug made out of t-shirts but, like many of my craft projects, it’s still just a WIP — erin

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Feb 1, 2023Liked by Blackbird Spyplane

So many WIPs! I started watching quilt docs on Folkstreams per your rec and wanted to mention quiltindex.org. It's a fun lil place to fart around when cruising the web

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Jan 31, 2023Liked by Blackbird Spyplane

It’s 5 degrees in Salt Lake City as I’m reading this in my Bittner. This coat looks sick as hell but really does it’s job. Learning about the BBSP early access has me feeling like it’s a beautiful summer day. If haven’t already, it’s time to join the cla$$ified tier so you can get blessed

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Jan 31, 2023Liked by Blackbird Spyplane

The t-shirt conundrum takes me back to the mind opening Kate Berlant interview. It feels valuable because (presumably) the daft punk gig was so good. But isn’t the t-shirt the souvenir tiger while the writer is lucky enough to have the experience (the real 🐅 )in their brain which requires no storage and will always be great! ☮️ ✌️

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