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Jessi319 said:
I've been out of control-as usual..but the deals are so good: A Legacy Leigh in Raisin color just arrived in the mail today. (HG happiness). I am awaiting two bags, one that the seller didn't list a name or much info about it, but the photo looked like an Italy bag, so took a shot with her. Fingers crossed. And I decided my reverse suede (Cashin era?) green bag needed a Crescent?/Saddle bag to match so I'll be posting those "family" photos soon. I love Dooney and Bourke....especially the All weather leather vintage stuff, and the new Alto line and Florentines are beautiful. I am so glad they are bringing back some beautiful stuff. Was getting a little tired of the "cartoon" teenager stuff.
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Ooo can't wait to see pics, I'm still on the hunt for the perfect green bag!!
Dooney and Bourke did this whole campaign to introduce young people to them and I think they went a tad over board with it lol...I was happy to see some grown up bags in the store lately!
I bought 2 DB purses as well but I was over looked in the auth. Forum....well for one at least
The other was a fake AWL...now I dont know what to do with it..I'll probably give it to my 5 year old niece to play with hahaha
 
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lordbucko said:
Latest rescue is my Coach Manor 9977 that I bought for 0.99 cents. I figured, what's the worst that can happen for a buck? When I received it it has this large stain on the front, so It is presently having a bath after I covered the stain overnight in talc to see if it had any grease that could be absorbed. Will post the after pics when I see how far I get with it today.
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$1!!!!!! What a find, super cute bag. I hope that stain comes out, it does look a bit greasy huh...like lotion or something :/
 
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NCBDTeam said:
I think we all have this in common! sometimes now even AFTER i rehab them I just want to hang them up to look at them and tell everyone not to touch LOL
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Years ago one of my kids was into collecting beanie babies. I just thought that craze was nuts. So I bought one and cut off the tags. My kid thought I was nuts. Then I bought a collector doll and took it out of its original box. I let kids play with it. Yeah, nuts. My point, use it and enjoy it. Life is too short. I love my old coach bags. More than the new Chinese ones. I know when I am gone the kids will go through my stuff and think it was junk. So, as long as I am here I plan to enjoy my treasures.( I hope I have at least one daughter in law to pass on my bags too.)
 
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The other day when we were discussing camouflaging stains and flaws (when aren't we talking about that?!) I remembered a sig fabric Carly that was repaired by 14zippy4u. I thought that this was such a unique repair that the pictures should be brought forward but I couldn't find it - and now I've just came across it.

The bag was brand new but someone had used a box-cutter to open the package and had sliced right through the fabric. She said that she bought it "for the price of a soda!"

She used a glue-gun and beads to create a floral pattern that looked great and obscured the damage!

See the pics at the links below:

http://forum.purseblog.com/coach/coach-rehab-and-rescue-club-624452-4.html#post17650115

http://forum.purseblog.com/coach/coach-rehab-and-rescue-club-624452-5.html#post17669156

http://forum.purseblog.com/coach/coach-rehab-and-rescue-club-624452-5.html#post17669236
 
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Jessi319 said:
The Crescent bag. It looks nearly identical to the Saddle bag except for the line going up the middle, and possibly they are slightly different in size but I don't own both so am not sure about their respective sizing. The gals over in the I.D. thread are the true detail experts. I own a Saddle bag and I love it. The Crescents do show up quite a bit, but are pretty popular so sell well, and often are higher than I can pay.

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Thanks Jessi. After researching I *thought* that was the name, but wasn't 100% sure.
 
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katev said:
Someone got the red, foldover Bonnie Cashin for Meyers bag and the early Coach portfolio for $128, not a bad price for 2 desirable vintage bags.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...sspagename=STRK:MEWAX:IT&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc
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lol-I'm a little sad, I felt kinda unique with mine! ;)

BTW, I am carrying my Anderson zip today that I "whitewashed" with the same blend as I used for my foldover, and even though I never have done a real reveal of that bag, seeing the Anderson in the sunlight reminded me of something I don't think I mentioned. I used the Plaid Acrylic paing in "linen" but I randomly picked up this other stuff:

http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com/en-usd/home/2800-52.aspx

Eco Flow Pearl Waterstain, and mixed it in with the leather CPR, & linen paint. When I say random, I mean I ran across it when looking for something else, and totally just compulsively ordered it. It's sort of expensive ($15) but it's a biggish bottle.

The funny part is, the site I ordered it from didn't really have any instructions:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/22102819064...NX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649#ht_2152wt_939

so I totally guessed. I just now found it on the Tandy site and watched the video linked to the product, and it turns out I kinda used it almost exactly like they say to.

Anyway, it's not very noticeable but the Pearl added a bit of a sheen to the flat white acrylic. I wasn't sure it did anything at all, but today in the sun I found it more noticeable. I think it enhances the finish of the bag, and was worth it to me. They also have it in a Gold and Silver finish. I imagine the pearl could also be mixed with other colors besides white.
 
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katev said:
The other day when we were discussing camouflaging stains and flaws (when aren't we talking about that?!) I remembered a sig fabric Carly that was repaired by 14zippy4u. I thought that this was such a unique repair that the pictures should be brought forward but I couldn't find it - and now I've just came across it.

The bag was brand new but someone had used a box-cutter to open the package and had sliced right through the fabric. She said that she bought it "for the price of a soda!"

She used a glue-gun and beads to create a floral pattern that looked great and obscured the damage!

See the pics at the links below:

http://forum.purseblog.com/coach/coach-rehab-and-rescue-club-624452-4.html#post17650115

http://forum.purseblog.com/coach/coach-rehab-and-rescue-club-624452-5.html#post17669156

http://forum.purseblog.com/coach/coach-rehab-and-rescue-club-624452-5.html#post17669236
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Thanks for posting this. I have had a few Carlys and other siggies with fabric damage. One had a burn hole which I was able to hide mostly with iron-on fabric. I could only camouflage the black parts. I am at a loss at what to do for most of the other wear marks. If only I could buy matching fabric.
 

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whateve said:
Thanks for posting this. I have had a few Carlys and other siggies with fabric damage. One had a burn hole which I was able to hide mostly with iron-on fabric. I could only camouflage the black parts. I am at a loss at what to do for most of the other wear marks. If only I could buy matching fabric.
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Maybe you can have an embroidery shop put your initial(s) there. Covers and personalizes at same time.
 
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I need to get a better picture of it, the sun is so bright outside I can barely see it to get a picture! It's totally cheapo construction, a faile ribbon type fabric with plasticy pictures stuck to it, but how could I not get it? $15 on eBay. It was stuck in the middle of one my coach searches, I'm not sure what triggered it, but YAY!
 
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