Posts Tagged ‘ sewing ’

The Super Secret Recycling Project

15 February 2011
The Super Secret Recycling Project

Why would anyone take a perfectly good shirt and reduce it to a pile of scraps?  Take a look at these photos and see if you can figure out what I am up to. For starters let me say that the shirt is part of an outdated uniform and carried a retailer’s logo. For...
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Loose Ends and Common Threads

8 February 2011
Loose Ends and Common Threads

One of the most interesting aspects of taking on a new challenge in life is that it teaches you things about yourself that you may not have known prior.  When you are homesteading for the first time and doing it with a partner, it can make and break you simultaneously. When you set out...
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The Thrift of it all

7 February 2011
The Thrift of it all

A local thrift store had a storewide sale today in which everything was 50% off so of course we had to drop by for a visit.  While John nabbed a great metal wall cabinet and new wooden bed rails.  I couldn’t help myself when I found a bin full of pillow cases that were...
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