Prairie Eco-Thrifter
APRIL 3, 2013
Learning to sew takes time and equipment. A super short history of sewing. The Women in World History website reported the following as Evidence Taken by Children’s Employment Commission February 1841: “Miss — has been for several years in the dress-making business…The common hours of business are from 8 a.m.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
NOVEMBER 21, 2013
Have you heard the old saying: “Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.”? We were poor, Mom and Dad lived every day showing us what it meant to ‘make it do’ and we often ‘did without’ Here are my thoughts on frugal ways to make things do. Store food properly to make it last as long as possible.
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Prairie Eco-Thrifter
SEPTEMBER 27, 2017
We do put up decorations (ones I buy at garage sales or thrift stores and reuse each year). Don’t buy, make. Search the attic, the backs of the closets, the garage and see what inspiration presents. Dad’s old cowboy hat and a rope from the garage can be the start of a cowboy get up. Tip # 4 on decorations.
Family Balance Sheet
FEBRUARY 21, 2014
I keep it charged in my garage and I have now gotten into the habit of Swiffering (is that a word?) I didn’t bother sewing the squares to have neat edges, like I’ve seen on Pinterest. I don’t have time to make them pretty–I just need them to be functional. Do you buy the refills or do you make your own?
Family Balance Sheet
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
Whether you’re trying to save money or just limit the amount of stuff in your life, it doesn’t make it cheap to gift your friends and family ideas from this list. If so, give the gift of organizing a closet (or 2), kitchen cupboards, a basement, garage, etc. Make scarves, mittens, socks, or Christmas ornaments.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
NOVEMBER 27, 2013
Store socks in the sock drawer, cutting knives in the knife holder, screwdrivers in their storage can (make one by cutting cardboard to the length of a coffee can, then spiraling it inside the can) and so on and so forth. I carried this idea to our garage. Store things where you use them.
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. Small Utility Items.
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