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1/12: Women’s Clothing Swap, Sizes 6–12

January 7th, 2009

Here’s an incentive to clean out your closets this weekend. PDXSwap will be hosting a swap for women’s medium-size clothing on Monday, January 12, in Tigard.

Details provided by PDXSwap:

WHAT: Women’s clothing swap for sizes 6–12.

WHEN: Monday, January 12, at 7:00 pm. Please plan to arrive about 10–15 minutes early.

WHERE: Tigard Senior Center, 8815 SW O’Mara Street, Tigard, OR 97223 (map). This is located on the #76 bus line, 1/2 block off SW Hall, on O’Mara. Handicap accessible. Please note that the building is under construction, so you will need to park in the upper lot. The swap will be held on the lower level; there is an elevator as well as stairs.

TIPS TO MAKE SWAPS RUN SMOOTHLY a.k.a. if this is your first swap, here’s how it works…

• Scour your closets, drawers, and storage for clean clothes in good condition that you no longer wear, accessories, shoes, belts—basically any wearables (also jr. equivalents). Wash them up and bring them along to add to the swap.
• Wear spandex/yoga/bike clothes or a swimsuit under your regular clothes so you don’t have to get naked to try things on (children may be present, and occasionally a janitor has come through near the end of a swap).
• There will be two mirrors. If you can bring a mirror, please do.
• Bring a bag(s) to carry your treasures home in.
• Plan to arrive about 10–15 minutes before 7:00 pm.
• At 7:00 pm, we dump all our bags of clothes into rows on the floor (we have an accessories pile in a separate place so no one is hit by an errant shoe or purse). You take what interests you and put it in a pile behind you (or on your chair—that’s your “base” at the swap). When your pile gets rather large, you try on the clothes in your pile, throw back what you don’t want, and put what you do want in the bag(s) that you brought.
• There is no limit to the amount you bring or the amount you take home with you. We ask that you be courteous and generous with each other. If you can use it—take it! In fact, if you’re a quilter, felter, or other fabric artist and see something (especially something that is damaged or outdated) that you could incorporate into a cloth project, feel free to take it at the end of the swap when we’re bagging things up.
• Depending on how many people show up, the exchange can last from 30–50 minutes.
• Leftover clothes will be donated to organization(s) that will pass the clothes along for free. 

Last  year, KOIN News did a story on a PDXSwap event. Although the venue is different, it will give you an idea of what to expect:

For more information, contact PDXSwap.

Other articles from Around the Sun:

• June 21, 2008 -- Clothing Swap Featured on KOIN News
• June 7, 2008 -- June’s a Big Month for Women’s Clothing Swaps in Portland
• January 8, 2009 -- Free Events This Weekend in Portland: Jan 9–11

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