Lucked out today!

**frank_a** · 27th September 12, 04:45 PM

Went to the closest Goodwill store today to see if I could find a decent jacket to get tailored for the kilts. Lucked out...

**Cecil** · 27th September 12, 04:50 PM

Great find Frank, can't wait to see the finished product.
Cecil

**frank_a** · 27th September 12, 04:56 PM

Thanks Cecil. I'm still pinching myself. Heck, I wonder if I shouldn't just keep it for office wear. Fits me perfect, no hanging threads, liner is still very good. This Goodwill store stuff is okay. Certainly my 1st venture out only accelerated my interest. The jacket is at the cleaner's, should be back to me Tuesday, and Wednesday off it goes. I hope to have it back in a month or so from then. Slowly but surely...

Frank

**Cecil** · 27th September 12, 05:03 PM

Now will you be doing this work yourself or having it done for you? I will have to start checking out Goodwill myself.
Cecil

**linedrive** · 27th September 12, 07:11 PM

Nice find! I did the same thing last year... It was a "long", so I didn't waiver in my decision to have it converted.

**Chase** · 27th September 12, 08:25 PM

Lucky Dawg!

**Richrail** · 27th September 12, 08:32 PM

Very nice.

**frank_a** · 28th September 12, 01:31 AM

Thanks all, and especially Richard, who provided initial encouragement. And now the tracking on my new semi-traditional kilt from USA Kilts says: "Your item was processed through our ALBANY, NY 12288 facility on September 27, 2012 at 9:40 pm." Maybe, just maybe, I will have it in my grubby little hands today! Pics soon...

Frank

**usonian** · 28th September 12, 07:37 AM

Nice find... Apparently yesterday was a good day for thrift store Harris Tweed! My wife came home with a Harris Tweed blazer for me which she found at Salvation Army. it's a little bit big on me, but to my mind that may make it a very good candidate for conversion. The pocket placement is already fairly high and I'm thinking the extra length at the bottom might yield enough material for argyle-style cuffs.

Thrift stores are addictive and almost always worth ducking into if you have a few bucks and a few minutes. In our neck of the woods most of them rotate days where items with a tag of a particular color are 50% off. So if fate smiles upon you, you can walk out with a pristine wool suit for $10 or a Harris Tweed blazer for $5. I seem to recall another thread here where someone actually found a perfectly-fitting argyle jacket at a thrift shop!

**Chas** · 28th September 12, 08:09 AM

Good find, should make a good conversion.

Had to read twice - In the UK, luck and out together, tend to mean out of luck, rather than the other way round.

Regards

Chas