The Damsel in Dis Dress
Posted in clothing on Jun 30th, 2009
Why is it so cotton-pickin’ hard to thread a needle? Some things never change. It was hard to thread a needle in the olden days, and it still is. They even use it in the Bible as a metaphor for “hard.” It’s hard for a couple of reasons. It’s hard to hold a thin little [...]
Posted in clothing, thrifty, Uncategorized on Jun 24th, 2009
The Damsel is bemused by the word “unravel.” So what’s “ravel” then? They seem to mean the same thing–to untwist, pull or rip out some yarn work. (by the way, the current term for pulling out knitting is “frogging” because you rip-it, rip-it, rip-it. Don’t be a hater. The Damsel did not make this up.) [...]
Posted in clothing, field trip on May 26th, 2009
Today we’re going on an Old School field trip. Occasionally the class will do this to learn about some fascinating thingy that makes old skills easier. So, today’s class is on the invention of the sewing machine. From the time people were running around in loincloths, there’s been such a thing as sewing. But for [...]
Today’s class is on patching jeans. The Damsel has patched jeans a couple of ways, and has a certain method she likes for knee patches. Today’s class is for holes in places other than knees. This method is . . . how shall we say . . . a utilitarian method. Not a beautiful thing, [...]
What do you do when your jeans have worn through the knees, and summer is right around the corner? Make cut-offs. It’s so easy! The first step is to lay the jeans out so the legs are very flat, next to each other so you can eyeball where to cut. If you’re Daisy Mae or [...]
