{"id":231,"date":"2015-03-23T14:26:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T14:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/2015\/03\/my-bangkok-cushions-made-in-china.html\/"},"modified":"2018-01-13T09:40:36","modified_gmt":"2018-01-13T09:40:36","slug":"my-bangkok-cushions-made-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/2015\/03\/23\/my-bangkok-cushions-made-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"My Bangkok cushions made in China!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Outside my front door is a rather ugly bench&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">covering the electricity meter.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">It had a cushion on it made in Shenzhen, China.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">However, even on a Melbourne porch, away from direct sunlight,<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">things don&#8217;t last long in Australia,&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">especially when the fabric was&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><i style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Made in China<\/i><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">!<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">So it was time to <b>pimp my cushion<\/b><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">This is the Tale of Two Cities;&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">of my Jim Thompson Thai cushions&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">made in China!&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-3cseHkLNDZ4\/VQ_4jPcQajI\/AAAAAAAAFi8\/VzWN-tlwKEI\/s1600\/Thaicushions.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-3cseHkLNDZ4\/VQ_4jPcQajI\/AAAAAAAAFi8\/VzWN-tlwKEI\/s1600\/Thaicushions.jpg?resize=564%2C640\" height=\"640\" width=\"564\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Oops sorry, should have turned the cushions round so the zipper is hidden!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I am writing this from Bangkok where on my last visit&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I found the fabric at&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">the Jim Thompson factory outlet.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Jim Thompson was an American businessman&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">who made<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;Thai silk famous to the west.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">His mysterious disappearance in 1967<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">remains unsolved&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-3TwWLrCDcIk\/VQ_-tWgTBKI\/AAAAAAAAFjM\/hSe65C369ZE\/s1600\/JimT.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-3TwWLrCDcIk\/VQ_-tWgTBKI\/AAAAAAAAFjM\/hSe65C369ZE\/s1600\/JimT.jpg?resize=640%2C640\" height=\"640\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Jim Thompson Factory Outlet is a Soi 93, Bangkok<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">The JT outlet store is floor upon floor,&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">and<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;roll upon roll, of stunningly gorgeous Thai silks.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Choosing which colour was the hard part.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I start by picking out a couple of really cheap cushions,<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">matching the fabric as best I can, to what I think will go with my&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Bushland Colorbond paint at home!<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ckrmSoP5s9I\/VRAG_tzVDCI\/AAAAAAAAFjc\/xhEzW6G62u4\/s1600\/ThaiSilks.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ckrmSoP5s9I\/VRAG_tzVDCI\/AAAAAAAAFjc\/xhEzW6G62u4\/s1600\/ThaiSilks.jpg?resize=640%2C220\" height=\"220\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Silks at Jim Thompson&#8217;s home Soi Kasem San 2, Bangkok<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I had the original large cushion cover with me as<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">it was my intention to <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">get the replacement cushion cover made<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;whilst in Bangkok.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">We are, after all, surrounded by on every street corner by<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">&#8220;Do you want a suit?&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;tailors!<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">However they took one look at the piping round the edges on my<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">tatty, frayed cover&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">and all to a man replied &#8220;cannot&#8221;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Suits can, cushion covers &#8216;bog off!&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-uQidgFfnXxA\/VRAHLc-b5FI\/AAAAAAAAFjk\/DfzrB6GLS7w\/s1600\/Thaisilks1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-uQidgFfnXxA\/VRAHLc-b5FI\/AAAAAAAAFjk\/DfzrB6GLS7w\/s1600\/Thaisilks1.jpg?resize=640%2C232\" height=\"232\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Altered with Picmonkey for Mandarin Orange Monday!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">No I don&#8217;t want a suit, I want to tart up my front porch!<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">This was starting to look like a bad idea&#8230;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I take a &#8216;w<i>hat, no way how much?!<\/i>&#8216; tuk tuk ride,&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">to Jim Thompson&#8217;s former home<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">and immediately cheer up seeing the cost of things in the shop.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I might have been ripped off with the ride, but<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">my fabric and cushions are a complete bargain&#8230;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Cis8Dw7up4o\/VRAL2bHNZlI\/AAAAAAAAFjw\/hwFQRPwfglc\/s1600\/TucTuc.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Cis8Dw7up4o\/VRAL2bHNZlI\/AAAAAAAAFjw\/hwFQRPwfglc\/s1600\/TucTuc.jpg?resize=640%2C494\" height=\"494\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Blue Tuk Tuk for Blue Monday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Back in Australia I need to call upon friends with benefits!<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">The benefits I need, are to be living in Hong Kong, with a valid China visa<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">and a shopping plan which includes frequent shopping days across the border!<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Luckily I know just the person,&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">indeed Izzy had the first cushion made for me&#8230;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">That was six years ago so luckily she forgotten the hassle of it then,<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">She is a really good friend!<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Shenzhen, is across the border in China from Hong Kong<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">and the Lo Wu shopping plaza is where we used to go shopping,<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">you can find most things there<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">one way or another, but that&#8217;s probably another post!<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-BJ1nY4hdSaw\/VRARAfemMSI\/AAAAAAAAFkE\/lyyRC0DkSiI\/s1600\/JimThouse.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-BJ1nY4hdSaw\/VRARAfemMSI\/AAAAAAAAFkE\/lyyRC0DkSiI\/s1600\/JimThouse.jpg?resize=480%2C640\" height=\"640\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Jim Thompson&#8217;s home Soi Kasem San 2, Bangkok<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Only things in China are unpredictable and the cushion<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">becomes a complete epic adventure,&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">the border car park was closed,<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">the ATM machines had no money in them&#8230;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">and without cash&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">in Shenny you might as well forget it&#8230;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Luckily she is Woman used to doing important cushion business in China.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Perseverance is her middle name!<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">My instructions were&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">take it to your favourite tailor, haggle a bit, haggle a bit more<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">say my friend won&#8217;t be very happy&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">&#8220;Tai Gui Le&#8221; too expensive&#8230;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">but don&#8217;t spend long at all on the bargaining<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><i>&#8220;I don&#8217;t want it to be a hassle you know&#8221;<\/i><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">and then go and enjoy a good day out!<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I can&#8217;t remember the final cost but they threw in the cushions for free<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">and I&#8217;m very happy with the results.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><b><i>They are indeed my <\/i><\/b><i><b>favourite cushions<\/b><\/i><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Even if this involved a flight to Bangkok, a flight to Hong Kong,&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">a day trip to China and another flight back to Melbourne&#8230;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><b><i>These cushions are almost better travelled than I am<\/i><\/b><\/span><b style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><i>!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Linking with the following<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/smilingsally.blogspot.com.au\/\">Blue Monday<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lorikart.com\/2015\/03\/23\/a-short-break-after-mom-133\/\"><span style=\"color: #436590;\">Mandarin Orange Monday<\/span>&nbsp;<\/a><\/span><br 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