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Looking for comfy
domestic and household items in hard-to-find
themes? Girl Nancy of Lifestyle Sewing makes
quilts, pillows, pillowcases, pot holders, place
mats, kneel pads, flags, and other textile items
in various flag/pride motifs, including leather,
rainbow, boy, girl, bear, leather dog, and red
AIDS ribbon. Choose from stock items, or
commission a custom-made piece.
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Photos by Steve
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News
article reprinted with permission from
Lavander
Magazine and appears in the November 2005
issue on Holiday Gift Giving
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The task of translating the design into a
flag was left to girl Nancy Thompson of
Lifestyle Sewing, who specializes in such
products as boy pride quilts and yellow
hanky pillows.
She was charged with the task of creating,
not one flag, but several flags to be
distributed at the opening ceremony of the
Master/slave Conference 2005.
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The commission couldn't have come at a worse
time for her. Triple bypass surgery last summer
left her with multiple health difficulties,
ranging from back problems to breathlessness to
arthritis in her hands.
"I can only work a few hours [at a time] because
my hands go numb," she says. "My hands and feet
stay swollen all day. It is hard to work when
your hands are twice their normal size. Not to
mention I cannot feel the pins when I stick one
in my hand."
Despite this, she remained determined to produce
at least one of the flags in time for the
ceremony. "I love the lifestyle and want to give
something back. I do not have a lot of money to
hand out, so this is my way of giving back to
the community."
News article reprinted with permission from
True Tales: Gay Leather
News, Narratives, and Fiction
Copyright (c) 2005 Dusk Peterson. All rights
reserved.
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