scrapslady

Sundown, TX, US
member

Hi!
I am a avid sewer and love reworking old things into new! I love the website and intend to use it often. Found it in an issue of Quick Stuff To Sew, and fell in love with it.
Im a retired Special Education teacher, and my penchant for making things out of other things came in really handy in my job. I dont miss it, though, and prefer to turn my creative juices into another forum. One of the things Im eager to try is the cuff (bracelet?) from the Quick Stuff.... issue I picked up. It looks so fun. My favorite shopping place is my local Goodwill Store, and now Ill have lots more ideas for what to do with stuff I find there!
I have a husband, Jon-Roy, and a cat, Scraps, living at my house, and three kids, three in-law kids, and 6 (another on the way) grandkids living in other houses. Another hobby is writing. Trying to learn to write childrens literature. I also crochet and love to experiment with all kinds of other crafts.
All this remaking started years ago when my kids were small. Friends got me into garage sales to look for things to make kids clothes from, and since the budget was tight, I really took to the idea. Even with a little more expansive budget, its still more fun to remake something than to buy new!
Hope to meet new friends and get lots of new ideas with this membership.

craft interests: crochet, embroidery, gifts, jewelry making, quilting, restyle, sewing

my etsy page:
http://none at present

Member Since: 03/07/2009

Re: Crafting in the Current Economy

As I grow older and more conservative, I realize the value of crafting, restyling (I love that word. It gives the "made-over" stuff I've been doing for years a cool sounding name!), etc. What started as an economic necessity for a young mother of 3 with no job and a husband in school quickly evolved into a lifestyle for me. Now I never throw anything away without considering how I or someone else could use it to make something else. For example, my husband, a minister, just discovered a hole in a pair of his good slacks. He was going to discard them, but I will recycle the zipper, fabric, and anything else I can to make other things--maybe a little suit for my grandson. It's lots more fun to restyle and redo than to go shopping for retail, and it saves a lot of money as well. It's a good lifestyle for me whether or not we are having economic problems.

posted: 9:31 pm on March 8th

Re: How to Embroider the Back Pocket of Your Favorite Pair of Jeans

I'm with sewingcats. I have an embroidery machine but haven't learned to use it yet. Don't see why you couldn't use a hand embroidery pattern to do the same thing. If you're really good at hand embroidery, it can be even more charming.

posted: 3:13 pm on March 7th

Re: Beaded Jewels Multi Colour Wire-Woven Flex Tube Bracelet

Gorgeous bracelet! And such a novel technique. What fun!

posted: 2:50 pm on March 7th