Comments on: The Turnabout: Pendleton’s Reversible Skirt

By: Melissa Quaal

Melissa Quaal — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 02:23:45 +0000

Thank you so much! My grandmother and I both appreciate it. Family pride, you know.

By: love stories in minnesota | a happy stitch

love stories in minnesota | a happy stitch — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 17:42:53 +0000

[…] the Pendleton wool company and my grandmother insists her mother is the magic seamstress behind the Pendleton Turnabout: the reversible wool skirt. I have no doubt this is true. especially given my grandmother’s own immense sewing […]

By: pendletonwoolenmills

pendletonwoolenmills — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:24:43 +0000

Hi Melissa. Quite a few people helped with the design and execution of the Turnabout. We had sewing facilities all over the country, including Omaha, during the years your great-grandmother was working. I will do a little research, but whether or not we have documentation that includes her name, she was very definitely in the right place at the right time. Details within a week or so, after a trek to the archives.

By: Melissa Quaal

Melissa Quaal — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 01:47:41 +0000

According to my grandmother, who is 91, it was her mother (my great-grandmother) who perfected the Pendleton Reversible skirt. Is that possible? I believe my grandmother and I know for certain that my great-grandmother worked for Pendleton. I think it was in Omaha, Nebraska. Her name was Martha Dietrich. I would love to know anything more.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 03:22:33 +0000

I also bought one in the 70′s at the Goodwill in Walla Walla, Wa. It was lavender and cream and very pretty! I also bought and still have a black and red plaid little unlined blazer and the classic boxy jacket in burgundy and grey. The quality is so wonderful. They last forever!

By: woolmaven

woolmaven — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:44:50 +0000

I LOVE my Pendleton turnabout skirt! It is sooo comfortable! I could wear it every day (and just about do in the fall!) ~ The red Reversible skirt on the cover of the fall catalog is just gorgeous. I am so hoping that it is in my size!

By: Pendleton Woolen Mills

Pendleton Woolen Mills — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:13:34 +0000

Was this the huge Catlin Gabel rummage sale that used to be held at a coliseum? Does that still go on? I have fond memories (and a nice solid oak kitchen table) from that sale in the early 80s.

By: Pamela S

Pamela S — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:47:54 +0000

Got my first Turnabout at the Catlin Gabel Rummage Sale (Portland, OR) in the early 70′s. It was in perfect condition! Wore it through college in Colorado with thick tights, irish cable knit sweaters and my desert boots – a unique but oft admired look. Thx for bringing them back. V flattering to all shapes! Have added 2 more to the original (now too small… waiting for daughters to “discover” in my closet!).

By: Ruth Thomas

Ruth Thomas — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 23:24:11 +0000

My very favorite skirt! I had a red, gray and black one in the late 1950′s, and had 2 Pendleton sweaters to match – a red wool and a gray cashmere. I LOVE Pendleton’s pleated skirts so much, and especially the turnabouts!