It seems our blog posts tend to have a theme - something fun and crafty as well as something that is developing a homemaking skill - canning, jams, etc. Well, today's installment is "Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without." Steve has started to say he needs some wardrobe updates, his shirts are showing some age and it is time to get a couple new ones. I remembered I had this basket in my sewing room full of clothes that needed repairs. And they have sat. And sat. And sat. So, I decided to tackle them! All of these clothes were in perfectly fine, practically new condition, they had just been unfortunate victims of door knobs or nails or something or had crummy buttons that kept cracking. One shirt needed 3 new buttons. Two shirts had tears near the tail - where they will be tucked in. One shirt was a gift and since Steve will not wear a long sleeve shirt to work, it was waiting to have the sleeves shortened. (I have done this with a fair number of his work shirts - no one would ever know). A pair of pants had a tear near a back pocket. Same with a pair of shorts. I don't have a bunch of pictures of the afters or really close-ups of the befores but you get the idea. Fix stuff. It is easy. Why go out and spend easily $150+ on 4 work shirts, 1 pair of pants and 1 pair of shorts when I can fix ones he already has?
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Project #9 Mending Steve's Clothes - totally boring.
It seems our blog posts tend to have a theme - something fun and crafty as well as something that is developing a homemaking skill - canning, jams, etc. Well, today's installment is "Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without." Steve has started to say he needs some wardrobe updates, his shirts are showing some age and it is time to get a couple new ones. I remembered I had this basket in my sewing room full of clothes that needed repairs. And they have sat. And sat. And sat. So, I decided to tackle them! All of these clothes were in perfectly fine, practically new condition, they had just been unfortunate victims of door knobs or nails or something or had crummy buttons that kept cracking. One shirt needed 3 new buttons. Two shirts had tears near the tail - where they will be tucked in. One shirt was a gift and since Steve will not wear a long sleeve shirt to work, it was waiting to have the sleeves shortened. (I have done this with a fair number of his work shirts - no one would ever know). A pair of pants had a tear near a back pocket. Same with a pair of shorts. I don't have a bunch of pictures of the afters or really close-ups of the befores but you get the idea. Fix stuff. It is easy. Why go out and spend easily $150+ on 4 work shirts, 1 pair of pants and 1 pair of shorts when I can fix ones he already has?
It seems our blog posts tend to have a theme - something fun and crafty as well as something that is developing a homemaking skill - canning, jams, etc. Well, today's installment is "Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without." Steve has started to say he needs some wardrobe updates, his shirts are showing some age and it is time to get a couple new ones. I remembered I had this basket in my sewing room full of clothes that needed repairs. And they have sat. And sat. And sat. So, I decided to tackle them! All of these clothes were in perfectly fine, practically new condition, they had just been unfortunate victims of door knobs or nails or something or had crummy buttons that kept cracking. One shirt needed 3 new buttons. Two shirts had tears near the tail - where they will be tucked in. One shirt was a gift and since Steve will not wear a long sleeve shirt to work, it was waiting to have the sleeves shortened. (I have done this with a fair number of his work shirts - no one would ever know). A pair of pants had a tear near a back pocket. Same with a pair of shorts. I don't have a bunch of pictures of the afters or really close-ups of the befores but you get the idea. Fix stuff. It is easy. Why go out and spend easily $150+ on 4 work shirts, 1 pair of pants and 1 pair of shorts when I can fix ones he already has?
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