It’s January. The holidays are over. It’s cold out. What do you do? Organize of course! There is something about the start of a fresh year that just makes you want to get a fresh start on your organizing. Walmart challenged me to complete and write about a New Years Organizing project–and I just knew… Keep Reading
Fixing a Split Seam
Fixing a split seam is one of the easiest mending jobs out there! A split seam is when the stitching along a seam has somehow come undone without tearing the fabric. The repair is simply restitching the part that has come undone right along the line where the old stitching was. You must start where… Keep Reading
A Few Quick Mending Jobs
I’m slowly but steadily working my way through a completely ENORMOUS pile of mending that has accumulated over the last year or so. I really need to do a better job of keeping on top of my clothing repairs and sewing in the future! This is just part of the pile. . . I am… Keep Reading
Mending: Functional Patches for Ripped Jeans
What do you do when you blow out the knee in your most comfortable pair of jeans? Why mend them of course! Yes, it is possible to mend ripped jeans. I am calling this a “functional patch” because it isn’t going to be an invisible repair by a long shot. Everyone will be able to… Keep Reading
Mending: Replacing a Button with a Shank
I really dislike today’s “throw away society”, and would rather utilize the depression era philosophy of “use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without”. Especially when it comes to clothes. There are so many times that a simple mending repair can breathe new life into a garment! In the past I’ve… Keep Reading
Frugal Skills-Sewing! How to Sew a Hem.
I continue in my ongoing quest to teach you all how to sew! Now, for those of you new to my site, perhaps those who have found me through the Ultimate Blog Party, I am not trying to make great seamstresses out of you all. To be quite frank sewing clothing from scratch-while a worthwhile… Keep Reading
Frugal Skills-Sewing! How to Sew on a Button.
Sewing and mending are such important frugal skills. You can really save a ton of money by making minor clothing repairs yourself instead of paying a tailor or seamstress to do it for you! When you know you have the skill to make a minor repair, you can successfully haggle with a clerk or manager… Keep Reading
Frugal Skills-Sewing! How to Mend a Torn Seam.
Well, since I was talking about mending the other day, I thought I’d do a little followup! Yes Amy-this is directed at you among many:)Now, I don’t know about all of you, but I am a visual learner. If I try to read about how to sew a seam, without ever having seen anyone DO… Keep Reading
Frugal Skills-Sewing
I learned how to sew when I was in the 4th grade. There was a lady in town who was part of the 4H who gave knitting, crochet and sewing lessons after school. I still remember that I knit a pair of 2 tone green on green slippers and a pair of mittens that were… Keep Reading
