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Five Frugal Things | on a Monday!

The Frugal Girl

I know, we always do Five Frugal Things on Tuesdays. 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.

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Five Frugal Things | symphony for $10? Yes, please.

The Frugal Girl

I used yellow thread and sewed over the existing yellow stitching…so the patch is securely in place, but my stitching is basically invisible. I still need to sew down those frayed parts a bit, and secure the belt loop better, and then I’ll be done with this fix. What frugal things have you been up to? Yes, please.

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Five Frugal Things | bare minimum haircut

The Frugal Girl

She didn’t really care about the belt, so we decided to just carefully cut it off with a pair of sharp sewing scissors. Obviously the “right” way to do this would have been to pick apart the side seam, removed the belt ends, and then re-sew the side seams. What frugal things have you been up to?

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Five Frugal Things | with some tiny things

The Frugal Girl

So I took a needle and thread and just hand-sewed both of the ends closed. What frugal things have you been up to lately? The post Five Frugal Things | with some tiny things appeared first on The Frugal Girl. That happened on the shirt! This fabric texture, plus the print, made it very easy to make my fix invisible.

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Five Frugal Things | A lunch-y edition

The Frugal Girl

I turned it inside out, used some matching thread from my sewing box, and closed up the hole. What frugal things have you been up to lately? The post Five Frugal Things | A lunch-y edition appeared first on The Frugal Girl. That’s the best kind of hole for mending.

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Should You Learn To Sew?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Learning to sew takes time and equipment. A super short history of sewing. In many parts of the US, people learned to sew as part of their life skills – from parents or family or schools. Although Mom didn’t sew much (she did mend), she made sure I took Home Ec in high school. Clothing is cheap, sewing is not.

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Q&A | cinnamon, SIM, jeans, and grocery spending

The Frugal Girl

Kristen, I have a sewing question. I was planning to cut a patch from a ripped pair of no longer worn jeans and then hand sew it from the inside out. I don’t know how to use a sewing machine so hand sewing it is. The post Q&A | cinnamon, SIM, jeans, and grocery spending appeared first on The Frugal Girl.