A Homegrown Family: Sewing: 1 skirt+1 pair of jeans= a whole new skirt

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Sewing: 1 skirt+1 pair of jeans= a whole new skirt

Last fall I bought 2 skirts at the consignment shop nice and light fabric for the summer heat of southern Mississippi. I have been thinking I want a different waist band on them something fitted instead of elastic though.

I took them out of the trunk I have our summer clothes in along with a pair of jeans 1 of 2 I have left after switching to skirts and turned a skirt that looked like the one below into.....

This one....

And here they both are. There was a nice breeze yesterday and they swayed on the line as I took these pictures. As you can see it is still brown here with some green but spring is popping in with the maple, jasmine, and buds all over the wild crabapples, huckleberries, and dogwoods.

And this works for me find out what works for others over at We Are THAT Family

Our Nature walk the other day had some signs of spring as well Click over to
Our Homeschool Journey and see what we found.

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MomzooMarch 11, 2009 at 9:16 AM
I love skirts in the summertime, I am looking forward to the weather warming up enough to go back to skirts all the time.
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UnknownMarch 11, 2009 at 10:46 AM
Cute post - and what a pretty blog! Thank you for sharing - it's nice to "meet" you!
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AnonymousMarch 11, 2009 at 1:26 PM
i love the jean/skirt combo! its a great idea. i live in jeans so this could be the perfect skirt for me!

louise @ prairiemouse
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AnnikkeMarch 11, 2009 at 2:50 PM
I wish I could sew........ those are cute!
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AnonymousMarch 12, 2009 at 1:09 AM
Such a cute skirt!
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Maria D. @ DownrightDomesticityMarch 13, 2009 at 2:58 PM
One word describes why your idea is genius-- POCKETS!
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~Does her best, and leaves God the rest.
~Does not indulge in self-pity, but loses her life in the service of her fellow man.
~Dresses to please her Lord and family.
~Guards her health as her greatest wealth.
~Knows that an apron is a girl's best friend.
~Knows that home-making is an art and a science, and is always learning something new.
~Lets her joy bubble out in song, all day long.
~Lives in His light, not her own.
~Loves Nature, and teaches her children to respect its Creator.
~Never gives up.
~Strives to be self-sufficient.

Thomas Jefferson’s 10 Rules to Live by:
1. Never put off tomorrow what you can do today.
2. Never trouble another for what you can do yourself.
3. Never spend your money before you have earned it.
4. Never buy what you don’t want because it is cheap.
5. Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.
6. We seldom repent of having eaten too little.
7. Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly.
8. How much pain the evils have cost us that never happened.
9. Take things always by the smooth handle.
10. When angry, count ten before you speak, if very angry, count to a hundred.

Ben Franklin’s 13 Virtues
1. TEMPERANCE. Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.
2. SILENCE. Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation.
3. ORDER. Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.
4. RESOLUTION. Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.
5. FRUGALITY. Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; i.e., waste nothing.
6. INDUSTRY. Lose no time; be always employ'd in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions.
7. SINCERITY. Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly, and, if you speak, speak accordingly.
8. JUSTICE. Wrong none by doing injuries, or omitting the benefits that are your duty.
9. MODERATION. Avoid extremes; forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.
10. CLEANLINESS. Tolerate no uncleanliness in body, clothes, or habitation.
11.TRANQUILLITY. Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable.
12. CHASTITY. Rarely use venery but for health or offspring, never to dullness, weakness, or the injury of your own or another's peace or reputation.
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Sewing: 1 skirt+1 pair of jeans= a whole new skirt

6 comments: