Having the basic sewing skills to do minor alterations and repairs is a fantastic way to save money. Here is a great video (about 5 1/2 minutes) I found on YouTube showing how to hem pants. Actually it’s two videos back to back showing the technique for hand hemming and then machine hemming right in… Keep Reading
Tutorial-Add An Adjustable Waist to Any Pants
Let’s face it. Most kids have no butt and no hips, their waist just goes straight down to their legs with nothing to hold the pants up. I could never get my children to wear a belt. I think that it was too difficult for them to unbuckle & buckle for bathroom breaks when they… Keep Reading
American Girl Doll
This year Princess is getting an American Girl Doll for her birthday. Lest you think I have lost my everliving frugal mind, I hasten to assure you that this is a grandmother gift. . . My mom promised Princess almost 2 years ago that when she turned 8 she would be taken in to New… Keep Reading
Organization-Making Attractive and Frugal Curtains and Storage Boxes
Hi, my name is Jenn, and I’m a packrat. (all together now- “Hi Jenn”) Seriously though, I have stuff. Lots of stuff. And some of it is actually stuff that I need. So where do you put all the stuff? We are unusually blessed because although our house was built in 1890, it is very… Keep Reading
Recycled Sweater Tea Cosy
I am the first to admit that this tea cosy is not exactly a work of art. It’s a little homely now, but I intend to eventually embroider some simple starbursts on it in red-that should dress it up a little. This project came about for two reasons. Number one, as dorky as it sounds,… Keep Reading
Legwarmers
Well, apparently we are having fashion flashbacks to the 1980’s lately, and legwarmers are back in. I guess if you are a dancer they never went out (dancers were the ones to invent legwarmers ya know). Anyway, I was over at “Crafty Gift” post with the knitting patterns. She is a frugal fashion blog and… Keep Reading
