Don’t pull your jeggings/skinny jeans on by the belt loop!
Ask me how I know. I couldn’t even have told you that I do this. I mean, I thought I was pulling them on by …
Sewing
A little towel and pillowcase mending
When Mr. FG and I got our king bed, we needed new sheets. So, we read reviews and decided to order a set of highly-rated …
I mended All Of The Things.
I always say that if you want to save money by sewing, you should practice mending. Because it reduces the need to buy replacement items, …
I tried my hand at zipper repair.
An embarrassingly long time ago, a pair of Sonia’s jeans developed a zipper problem. Or maybe they were Zoe’s? I don’t really know. The thing …
How to stop sundress strap slippage
Apologies to the gentlemen in my circle of readers: today’s post will be quite unhelpful for you. What’s strap slippage? Well, the straps of knit …
Well, hello there, sewing machine!
It’s been a little while since I sewed anything, but I’ve been slowly whittling down my mending pile now that school is out for the …
Some mending/modding I’m a little bit proud of
First, the part I’m proud of, and then something super basic… This past fall, in a bag of hand-me-downs we found two heavy-duty long sleeved …
How to know when a pair of khakis is done.
On Tuesdays and Thursdays, I post a photo and just a few words. When this happens, it’s over. I’m fairly decent at mending casual clothes, …
How to Skinny-fy a Shirt
Yesterday I posted a picture of a shirt in the midst of being made thinner, and several of you had questions about how I do …
How to replace a broken jean button
This recently happened to a pair of my jeans: Unlike Lisey’s shoe situation, this wardrobe malfunction didn’t happen right before church, it happened AT church. …
I turned a stained, faded dress into a skirt. Come see!
Some time ago, this dress came along in a bag of hand me downs, and I’ve never quite been able to figure out what to …
How to Fix a Too-Wide T-Shirt
For a month or two, there’s been a pile of clothes sitting in my office, waiting for me to mend/modify/refashion them. During the school year, …
I’m lovin’ FrayCheck.
Remember the little dress Sonia was wearing in the Three Girls in Goodwill Pink photos from a few years ago? Well, it got handed down …
How to turn an empire-waist shirt into a skirt
How about a little refashioning to start off your week? This shirt came in a hand-me-down bag a while back. It’s a Children’s Place shirt, …
Homemade Fuzzy Blankets
It was The Year Of Fuzzy Blankets at our house. All three of my girls have had their birthdays now, and I made a fuzzy …