Oct 24 2008
Learn to Sew
We live in a wasteful society who seems to think that when a button falls off or a seam rips, they should just run to WalMart and buy a new one instead of spending five or ten minutes to fix it themselves. The seeming low cost of these throwaway clothes makes it more appealing than actually having to sew a button on yourself (God forbid!), but why?
Even if a new blouse only costs you $5.00 at a discount store, a basic sewing kit can be had for the same amount and you can then repair all sorts of clothing and other fabric items without the need to replace them or even leave your house.
Your local dollar store probably has a tiny little sewing kit that can get you through a few minor emergencies and even though the scissors don’t work half the time, the selection of six or so tiny spools of various colors of thread are worth the purchase price.
Fixing a button is one of the easiest sewing repairs to do and only takes a few minutes at most. I’ve even replaced buttons while I was wearing the shirt - and managed to not stick myself too!
Hear Hear….my husband and I are actually on a ‘no new clothes for a year’ diet, so button-sewing is mandatory. Great blog, and thanks for stopping by to visit ours.
Funny thing, your blog is the first one we found on Today.com and is the reason we started this particular blogging adventure (so thanks for that also:) My dear husband is all about frugal!
Kids of my generation had to learn to sew at school, during a subject called home education. I remember learning how to sew, use a thimble, darn and do other such repairs.
My folks often talk about how things used not be thrown away till they were ruined, but now people dump stuff so carelessly.
megarver: I’m so glad you joined the Today.com family and I’m enjoying your blog tremendously. Keep up the good work!
TB: Here it was called Home Economics and it was largely pushed on the females. Now many schools don’t even offer these programs!