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Sewing

How to sew on a button

August 17, 2011

“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 a title? This title is a fragment, after all. Anyhoo! Today’s topic has been requested by several readers.  Because my mom taught me how to sew when I was a [...]

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Christmas Gift Bag Miscellany

December 24, 2010

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 substantive posts (I have a million ideas swirling around in my head), but for now, miscellany is what works for me. Can you guess what this gift bag is made [...]

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How to fix a hole-y shirt without really fixing it

November 16, 2010

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 photos. Who knew green was so hard to photograph?? It confuses my camera mightily. So, Lisey had this long-sleeved hand-me-down shirt, and somehow, a hole happened in the sleeve area. [...]

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Pants to Ruffly Skirt Tutorial

October 12, 2010

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 up another pair of Lisey’s worn-out khakis to make another skirt and this time, I took pictures. I did the various steps of this skirt in different areas of my [...]

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Want to save big money with your sewing skills? Learn to mend.

August 24, 2010

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 haven’t really arrived until their family is wearing homemade clothing from head to toe. If you are one of these people, take heart!  Sewing your own clothes is usually time-consuming [...]

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What to do with the cut-off part of cut-offs: Make a bag!

August 10, 2010

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 they were in fairly good shape below the ripped knee portions.  I’ve made stuffed animal sleeping bags out of pant legs before, but this time I decided to make a [...]

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