Re: Old Girl Scout fabric

When I was a Senior Scout, there was a "fad" to put all the badges and other insignia from our previous Scouting onto the "wheat" colored Levi jackets. Still have mine there. We wore them a lot.

Pati, in Phx

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Pati Cook
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Look at good will stores for old Girl Scout uniforms. I actually have my badges and the sash in tact. Mine are from the 60's.

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Nana2B

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Shelly

The fabric at JoAnn's is the current GS uniform fabrics, not the stuff from way back when. Today the colors are bolder, and new colors added. Bet checking at thrift stores, or ebay.

Debbi in SO CA

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Debbi

I know JoAnn's used to carry the fabric used for the girls' shirts. It was within the last 2-3 years. I don't know if they still have it, but try check otu them on line.

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zo

Hey! I still have mine....all 2 sashes worth (yes, I was an overachiever back when I was younger)..and they are still on teh sashes!!! Do all former girl scouts keep their badges?? And speaking of badges, did you know that most of the ones that we probably have no longer exist?? I was a tropp leader for 2 years when I was overseas, and i didn't recognise most of the ones the girls were working for.

Larisa, digress> Look at good will stores for old Girl Scout uniforms. I actually have my

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CNYstitcher

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CNYstitcher

Thanks, Larisa. The article shown has the newer fabric. I am talking about OLD style. We sewed the badges on the sleeves of the uniform and then when you had to get a new uniform because you had grown, you started all over again. But I will keep looking.

Mary Kay

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Mary Kay Mullen

Mary Kay....there is one listed at the top of the page that has the badges sewn on the sleeves....I think it mentions something about twin girl scout uniforms or something......

Larisa

Mary Kay Mullen wrote:

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CNYstitcher

They changed the uniforms about 2 years ago. Went to different colors again.

Pati, in Phx who made her Senior Scout uniform many years ago.

CNYstitcher wrote:

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Pati Cook

Cool Idea! I have my badges from the late 50s early 60s. Let us see what you come up with!

Hummm-maybe a GS wall hanging :)

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Kathy in CA

That first link sorts of looks familiar to ME! My sas is that green and those acessories look very familiar.

-- Kathy in CA Quilting Stuff:

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Kathy in CA

In the UK, in the good ol' days when I was a brownie and guide, the fad was to stitch the badges achieved by ANY means onto the blanket you took to guide camp and pinned over your sleeping bag - remember "blanket pins"?

And by *any* means, I mean BAGA gymnastics awards, swimming awards, cloth badges you could buy at gift shops from places you visited eg castles and zoos....

Paul and I still have a tin each of cloth and metal badges awaiting stitching onto something - wonder if we ever will? When we camp these days its in a Napoleonic-style tent thats constantly open to public view during the day, so a badge blankie is out of the question!

Suzie B

-- "From the internet connection under the pier" Southend, UK

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Paul & Suzie Beckwith

I had one of these! I even stitched my brownie sash to it! I cleverly made it into a poncho type thing for campfires but putting a hole in the middle so it served a dual purpose - the hole was large enough for myself AND a friend to put out heads through! I still have that somewhere, I think it will have to with me when I move out.

Charlie.

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julia sidebottom

Do you remember the days

Nope, I don't remember them being that low-priced, but I remember them being $1.50 a box or thereabouts...now they want $5.00 per box, so I no longer buy in bulk like my mother once taught me to do. Mother used to buy about 3 boxes of every kind of cookie that was sold - she would only bring in one box of each, knowing that I would stash them in the freezer and not eat all of them if I thought that was all we had...Girl Scout cookies lasted all year that way!!

Larisa

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CNYstitcher

I use to be a cookie pusher in the days when they were 35 cents a box. When they were 1.25 a box, I was top cookie pusher of my troop, 2 years in a row.

-georg

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georg

Girl Guides don't sell them on your side of the pond?

Every year, the GS take orders for several types of cookies and then a few months later sell them/deliver orders. These cookies are made through the Burry or something like that cookie company. It's THE major fund raiser for Girl Scouts every year. The classic flavor is Thin Mints, which is a chocolate biscuit coated in minty dark chocolate. These are heavenly IMNSHO. They also sell shortbread (my husband's second fav that I usually forget because I dislike), sandwich cookies, this coconut caramael confection I also adore, a peanut-butter chocolate covered cookie, and a couple other kinds. Current price when I last bought them about $4/box.

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-georg

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The price of GS Cookies changes from council to council depending on the cookie company and the incentives program they offer. Also, the amount a troop gets to keep from the sale of a box of cookies varies depending on the same factors. Here, in my council, the cost of a box of cookies is $3.00 and the troop keeps $.50 a box. We have low incentives (prizes like stuffed animals, pens, etc., for the girls) so our council and troops get more $$ per box than some of the other councils around us!

And, aren't those little girls sweet!?!?!???????

Laurie G. (lifetime member of GSUSA!)

Diana Curtis wrote:

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Laurie G.

Dunno if they sell 'em - never had anything to do with Girl Guides! Here in the UK troops tend to do all their own fund raising, as far as I can see - no commercial stuff like this. They get involved in fund raising for charities.

I'll have to ask DH about it - he was a boy Scout, a Venture Scout later, and ended up a Queen's Scout.

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Kate Dicey

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