The Frugal Girl
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
I found some red thread in my sewing box. And then I set up my sewing machine. So, I sewed a scrap piece of denim on the inside, using yellow thread to hide my stitching. Then I used blue thread to hand sew around the hole, to keep the hole from getting any bigger. appeared first on The Frugal Girl. She got it.
The Frugal Girl
MARCH 6, 2024
The repeated defrosting cycles tend to cause freezer burn on foods pretty quickly, so I try not to keep things in my kitchen freezer for long at all. Related: A post about freezing food in glass jars. And here’s a post about freezing food odds and ends. Kristen, I have a sewing question. Your thoughts?
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The Frugal Girl
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
I’ve been faithfully packing my lunches My building at the college has an in-house Chick Fil A, and in my two years of attending classes there, I’ve managed to not buy food there at all. But now I’m often at college over lunchtime, so I’ve been needing to pack food to eat during breaks. So far, so good!
The Frugal Girl
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
I love glass containers for food storage at home, largely because they are see-through. Food that’s visible is food that’s less likely to go to waste! And since I’m gonna eat my food pretty promptly, I don’t care that metal containers are opaque. But for lunches, I love metal containers.
Family Balance Sheet
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
Offer these cooking lessons and send the food home with the recipient. What a delicious gift of food! Are you a knitter, or crafter or do you know how to use a sewing machine? And I got the idea from my daughter’s Girl Scout troop Christmas party. Each girl was to bring an old, but a usable toy or a handmade item.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
OCTOBER 8, 2012
In the story Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse , a young girl and her parents live in Oklahoma during the Dustbowl. They barely have food to eat, and the mother, who is pregnant, prepares for the new baby by sewing feedsack nighties for him. How to Give to Charity Without Spending Money.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
NOVEMBER 26, 2012
We also used the 40 year old burnt orange coffee pot to make coffee that day as well as the 20 year old ice chest and 25 year old rain ponchos from the local amusement park, old plastic forks and spoons, unused condiment packages from fast food restaurant stops and plastic tablecloths used at last years wedding shower.
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