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Household Hints & Help

Curmudgeoness

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3. Somehow, I ended up buying a lot of these type of tops.

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Dec 17, 2014, 01:18 PM

Dec 2014

After the first one lost some beads, and I realized how shitty the sewing job was that attached them, I took all the tops and reinforced all the beads. It was time consuming to sew every bead in place, but I knew that I did a good job of securing them. The first top that lost several beads (since when one breaks off, the whole thread seems to fall apart) had all the beads removed and it still looks nice, just not as nice as with the beads.

Needless to say, whenever I see one of these tops in a store, I will no longer even buy them....but that only works for the future.

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Anybody got any hints on how to keep little beads on clothes from falling off? Maybe there’s [View all] raccoon Dec 2014 OP

wash inside out? Chakaconcarne Dec 2014 #1

Might help. Or handwash. nt raccoon Dec 2014 #2

Somehow, I ended up buying a lot of these type of tops. Curmudgeoness Dec 2014 #3

One more thought PennyK Dec 2014 #4

I'm familiar with fray check. Maybe I'll try that. nt raccoon Dec 2014 #5