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Posted on: 4/18/06 2:36 PM ET
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The author seems to think one would like to use it on oneself. Maybe to keep from purching on-line fabric?
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Posted on: 4/18/06 2:48 PM ET
Might be good for people trying to quit smoking.
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Posted on: 4/18/06 6:32 PM ET
Looks like a good niche market for someone who wants a sewing business.
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Posted on: 4/18/06 6:46 PM ET
I confess that I have thought of a few people who might need one, heheh.
I'm glad Sherril, that you weren't posting about the jacket you are working on right now. I was afraid that something had gone horribly wrong!
  
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Posted on: 4/18/06 7:33 PM ET
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Georgene, I had the same thought: Oh, no...the princess seam jacket didn't work out...

The straightjacket is not on my list of anticipated projects. In fact, I think I'm far too young and innocent to read things like "several hours of enthusiastic struggling". However, it is reassuring to know that on the internet you can learn how to construct things other than bombs.

BTW - what the he#$ did you google to find that site?
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Posted on: 4/18/06 8:02 PM ET
Karla and Georgene, you two crack me up! LOL. I haven't cut my pattern out yet so no, it isn't my jacket. I googled jacket construction, or sewing unstructured jacket or some such thing.
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Posted on: 4/18/06 8:10 PM ET
They left out an item under "Difficulties and problems (challenges)?"

Finding someone to model it.

Claire - who after today at work needs one for someone - oh, no, I guess that person really needs a muzzle. =)
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Posted on: 4/18/06 8:45 PM ET
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Well, that's just plain weird. Either the writer is serious but nuts, or this is a bondage item (suggested fabric choice: silk???).

Ever wonder why the word is spelled straitjacket? Strait is an old word, coming from Latin strictus, and means narrow, confined, pressed tightly, etc. So Matthew says, "Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life..."
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Posted on: 4/18/06 9:04 PM ET
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I once saw a man using a straitjacket in street theatre in San Francisco. He got somebody to strap him into it, then flung himself down on the cablecar turntable and writhed around until he escaped from the strait jacket. He did this while the next cablecar advanced down the tracks towards him. The dramatic tension! All he needed was some Hollywood background music!

Then he went around holding out his hat and saying "Help the escape man go to college."

I put $10 in his hat. Great art should be encouraged :-)
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Posted on: 4/19/06 10:34 AM ET
Eeew, there is a design consideration for 'waterproof'. Don't even want to go there!
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