Colourful Threads

We pass clothes on in our house – child to child and family to family. We’ve gotten some great quality clothing this way, and very, very rarely have had to buy, even used clothing, let alone new.

Recently a pair of slippers was passed from LittlePage2 to LittlePage3. Normally this would not be cause for a blog post, but the slippers, which were liked by both parties were pink and LittlePage3 is of the masculine persuasion. His vivacious practical personality didn’t care – warm comfortable slippers were warm comfortable slippers. His mother, however, cringed every time she saw them.

So for this week’s sewing project, I slip covered the pink slippers!

And now the slippers are, for better or worse, more manly in my eyes!

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I love cooking.

I love being frugal.

I love history.

I love biographies.

I love Depression Cooking with Clara. It’s the reminiscings of a spunky great grandmother, sharing meals and stories from the Depression.

You can view all the episodes here at the Depression Cooking Channel on YouTube.

I’ve included the first episode, Pasta and Peas, here because I think that’s what I am going to cook for dinner tonight:

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For my niece’s second birthday, we decided to get her a fairy princess costume, which was on her list. I was shocked at the price and quality of what was available in the stores and so set out to see what I could sew.

I found a great plan for a tutu skirt at Make Stuff for Baby, based on this original plan at Plumtickled. Make Stuff for Baby also had a plan for fairy wings, but I was short on time and did not have any coat hangers, so I sewed some material together and then slid in some flexible electrical wire to provide some support.

Here’s the layers of material going together. I used poly batting inside, then some yellow material, then some netting to match the tutu, and finally edged the whole thing in lace:

Here’s the front and back of the fairy wings:

Here’s the Littlest Page modeling the finished product

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Last night we turned off all the lights in the house and played Hide and Go Seek in the dark with all the Little pages. We had a blast!

It’s been years since I tried to squeeze under the bed, or tiptoed around the house, holding my breath, trying to “hear” the hiders. The children find the smallest places to hide! Who would of thought that a 13 year old could squeeze into the cupboard under the bathroom sink, or a nine year old in the scarf basket! MrPages is by far the champion, not only hiding, but disguising himself as he goes.

Give it a try. An evening of smiles is guaranteed!

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