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Sewing Room Reorganization

January 23, 2015 By Jenn @ Frugal Upstate 7 Comments

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

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A Few Quick Mending Jobs

February 25, 2014 By Jenn @ Frugal Upstate 6 Comments

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

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Mending: Functional Patches for Ripped Jeans

November 26, 2013 By Jenn @ Frugal Upstate 4 Comments

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

Filed Under: sewing Tagged With: DIY, Mending, sewing, tutorial

DIY Multi Holiday Table Runner

November 18, 2013 By Jenn @ Frugal Upstate 7 Comments

For some reason the fall is a time when I want to pull out my sewing machine and make something!  So when Walmart gave me a Thanksgiving Craft Challenge and asked me to do a fall/Thanksgiving craft of my choice,  I decided I just HAD to do a sewing project.  But why do a project… Keep Reading

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Mending: Replacing a Button with a Shank

October 12, 2013 By Jenn @ Frugal Upstate 3 Comments

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

Filed Under: sewing Tagged With: DIY, Mending, sewing, tutorial

Mending: Replace a Missing Hook and Eye

July 10, 2013 By Jenn @ Frugal Upstate 2 Comments

I hate it when a hook and eye comes out on a piece of clothing.  I never seem to notice it until I’m trying to put it on and get out the door for church or something similar. Luckily fixing a hook and eye is pretty simple and I always keep a bunch of spares… Keep Reading

Filed Under: Crafts/DIY Tagged With: DIY, Mending, sewing

Sewing for Father’s Day

June 12, 2013 By Jenn @ Frugal Upstate 4 Comments

***Note:  Yankee Bill–stop reading right now!*** When Walmart asked me to do a Father’s Day post I decided that it would be fun to sew Yankee Bill some sort of car organizer.  After all my local Walmart has a good sewing section (yes, we are one of those lucky stores!), and I figured it would… Keep Reading

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Mending: Replacing / Reattaching a Button

March 26, 2013 By Jenn @ Frugal Upstate 8 Comments

sewing and mending supplies

I’m going to be adding some mending tutorials over the next few months here at Frugal Upstate.  While sewing from scratch can be expensive (seriously–check out the price of fabric!) and takes a bit of skill/practice. . . most mending is pretty easy to do and very cost effective.   All you need to have on… Keep Reading

Filed Under: Crafts/DIY Tagged With: Mending, repairs, sewing

Build a Basic Sewing/Mending Supply Kit

January 31, 2013 By Jenn @ Frugal Upstate 7 Comments

There is a famous saying from the Great Depression: “Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without!” As a frugal gal, I try to live by this as much as possible.  I’m the lady who is driving a 10 year old Chevy Blazer and when my mechanic asked me how long… Keep Reading

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Quick Tip: Make a Mending Kit

July 25, 2012 By Jenn @ Frugal Upstate 1 Comment

Do you have a mending kit? It’s always such a pain to dig out the sewing supplies when something needs to be mended. So several years back I created this little mending kit. I keep it in the place where I am most likely to be standing when I notice buttons that have popped off… Keep Reading

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About Frugal Upstate

I’m Jenn –an Upstate NY wife, mom, blogger and veteran. I talk very fast, read constantly, take on too much and make plenty of mistakes. I’m a real person, not perfection. I love to talk about the frugal lifestyle, “Village Homesteading”, living a more sustainable lifestyle and being prepared for all the curves life throws at you.

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