Mending Dishtowels
Mr. FG and I got a LOT of towels when we got married. Not just bath towels..kitchen towels too. We must give off a couple-in-need-of-towels …
Sewing
How to sew on a button
“How to sew a button on” sounds better to me, but then I’d be ending my title with a preposition. Does that even matter in …
Christmas Gift Bag Miscellany
We’re having a lot of miscellaneous posts around here these days, aren’t we? I promise that after the holidays have past, I’ll write some more …
How to fix a hole-y shirt without really fixing it
Today’s post is going to be a quickie (but hopefully it’ll be helpful!). I apologize in advance for the many color variations in the following …
Pants to Ruffly Skirt Tutorial
When I shared the photos of Lisey’s ruffly skirt with you, several of you requested a photo tutorial. I aim to please, so I hacked …
Want to save big money with your sewing skills? Learn to mend.
A lot of people who are frugal newbies assume that buying fabric and sewing clothes basically from scratch is an uber-frugal practice, and that they …
What to do with the cut-off part of cut-offs: Make a bag!
After I made Lisey’s pink Gap pants into cut-off shorts for her, I decided I wanted to make something out of the pant legs, since …
Oh, cut-offs! How I love you!
Sometimes when pants start to wear out, especially in the knee area, I like to make skirts (I make plain ones and I recently made …
More Refashioning: Old Khakis = Ruffle Skirt
Can you tell it’s summertime? I’ve been using my sewing machine a lot more than usual because now that we’re on break from homeschooling, I …
Refashioning: Looking past what’s on the hanger
Second-hand clothes shopping often requires a bit more creativity than new-clothes shopping does. Really, this is true with most any second-hand shopping…a lot of used …
Come see what I made for Zoe!
This project has been a long time coming. Last fall sometime I spied a dress at Goodwill and it caught my eye because of the …
Remember the pants that wouldn’t quit? I think they did.
My readers who have been with me for a while (since last October, to be specific) will remember the pants I posted about last fall. …
How to make cloth gift bags from old clothes
I first read about making cloth gift bags a few years ago in The Complete Tightwad Gazette, so the credit goes to Amy Dacyzyn. They …
My 97 cent dress
Last year, Old Navy carried a line of velour holiday dresses that sold for $39.50. I didn’t see them until after Christmas, when they were …
My grandma would be proud
My daughter and I both had a pair of khaki pants that had some pretty darn near irreparable damage done to the knees…more than I …